Johnny Bower

John William "Johnny" Bower (November 8, 1924 – December 26, 2017), nicknamed "The China Wall", was a Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender.

Johnny Bower
Born
John William Kiszkan

(1924-11-08)November 8, 1924
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
DiedDecember 26, 2017(2017-12-26) (aged 93)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Ice hockey career
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1976
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for New York Rangers
Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career 1945–1969
Allegiance Canada
Service/branch First Canadian Army
Years of service1940–1943
RankGunner
Unit II Canadian Corps
  • 2nd Canadian Division
Battles/warsWorld War II

Bower died of pneumonia on December 26, 2017 in Toronto at the age of 93.[1]

Awards
  • Hap Holmes Memorial Award (best AHL goaltender, 3 times)
  • Vezina Trophy (2 times, at that time awarded for allowing the fewest goals throughout a season).
  • NHL First Team All-Star in 1961.
  • Les Cunningham Award as the AHL's Most Valuable Player three times consecutively, one of only four players in North American professional hockey history (Bobby Orr, Wayne Gretzky and Paul Polillo being the others) to do so at any level of play.

Career statistics

Regular season
   
Season Team League GP Min GA W L T SO GAA
1944–45 Prince Albert Black Hawks SJHL 10 630 27 5 4 1 0 2.57
1945–46 Cleveland Barons AHL 41 2460 160 18 17 6 4 3.90
1945–46 Providence Reds AHL 1 48 4 0 1 0 0 5.00
1946–47 Cleveland Barons AHL 40 2400 124 22 11 7 3 3.10
1947–48 Cleveland Barons AHL 31 1880 83 18 6 6 1 2.65
1948–49 Cleveland Barons AHL 37 2200 127 23 9 5 3 3.43
1949–50 Cleveland Barons AHL 61 3660 201 38 15 8 5 3.30
1950–51 Cleveland Barons AHL 70 4280 213 44 21 5 5 2.99
1951–52 Cleveland Barons AHL 68 4110 165 44 19 5 3 2.41
1952–53 Cleveland Barons AHL 61 3680 155 40 19 2 6 2.53
1953–54 New York Rangers NHL 70 4200 182 29 31 10 5 2.60
1954–55 Vancouver Canucks WHL 63 3780 171 30 25 8 7 2.71
1954–55 New York Rangers NHL 5 300 13 2 2 1 0 2.60
1955–56 Providence Reds AHL 61 3710 174 45 14 2 3 2.81
1956–57 Providence Reds AHL 57 3501 138 30 19 8 4 2.37
1956–57 New York Rangers NHL 2 120 6 0 2 0 0 3.50
1957–58 Cleveland Barons AHL 64 3870 140 37 23 3 8 2.17
1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 39 2340 106 15 17 7 3 2.74
1959–60 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 66 3960 177 34 24 8 5 2.68
1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 58 3480 145 33 15 10 2 2.50
1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59 3540 151 31 18 10 2 2.58
1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 42 2520 109 20 15 7 1 2.62
1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 51 3009 106 24 16 11 5 2.11
1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 34 2040 81 13 13 8 3 2.38
1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 35 1998 75 18 10 5 3 2.25
1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 27 1431 63 12 9 3 2 2.64
1967–68 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 43 2239 84 14 18 7 4 2.25
1968–69 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 20 779 37 5 4 3 2 2.85
1969–70 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 60 5 0 1 0 0 5.00
NHL totals 552 32016 1340 250 195 90 37 2.51

Post-season record
   
Season Team League GP Min GA W L SO GAA
1944–45 Prince Albert Black Hawks SJHL 3 180 23 0 3 0 7.67
1948–49 Cleveland Barons AHL 5 329 23 2 3 0 4.19
1949–50 Cleveland Barons AHL 9 548 27 4 5 0 2.96
1950–51 Cleveland Barons AHL 11 703 32 8 3 0 2.73
1951–52 Cleveland Barons AHL 5 300 17 2 3 0 3.40
1952–53 Cleveland Barons AHL 11 745 21 7 4 4 1.69
1954–55 Vancouver Canucks WHL 5 300 16 1 4 0 3.20
1955–56 Providence Reds AHL 9 540 23 7 2 0 2.56
1956–57 Providence Reds AHL 5 300 15 1 4 0 3.00
1958–59 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 12 746 38 5 7 0 3.14
1959–60 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 10 645 31 4 6 0 2.88
1960–61 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 3 180 8 0 3 0 3.00
1961–62 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 10 579 20 6 3 0 2.28
1962–63 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 10 600 16 8 2 2 1.60
1963–64 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 14 850 30 8 6 2 2.12
1964–65 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 5 321 13 2 3 0 2.43
1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 120 8 0 2 0 4.00
1966–67 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 4 183 5 2 0 1 1.64
1968–69 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 4 154 11 0 2 0 4.29
NHL totals 74 4,378 180 35 34 5 2.47

References
  1. Maple Leafs legend Johnny Bower dead at 93

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