Dave Kerr

Dave Kerr
Dave Kerr
Born	January 11, 1910; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	May 11, 1978 (aged 68); Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Right
Played for	Montreal Maroons; New York Americans; New York Rangers
Playing career	1930–1941

David Alexander Kerr (January 11, 1910 – May 11, 1978) was a Canadian NHL goaltender who played for the Montreal Maroons, New York Americans and New York Rangers.^[1]

Playing career

He played amateur hockey before joining the NHL, winning the Allan Cup in 1930 with the Montreal AAA senior men's team.^[2]^[3]

Kerr was most notable for his time with the New York Rangers. His four shutouts in a single playoff season in 1937 is a Rangers record (since tied by Mike Richter). In 1937-38, Kerr was selected to the NHL second All-Star team. Kerr won a Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1939-40. That year, he won the Vezina Trophy for a Rangers team that led the league in goals allowed, and had a 19-game unbeaten streak (14-0-5). He was also selected to the NHL first All-Star team that year. As a Ranger, he only missed one game between 1934 and 1941, and started every game for five straight seasons (1936-1941).^[4]

Kerr also was the NHL season leader in most games played by a goaltender (1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, and 1940–41), most shutouts (1937–38 and 1939–40), most playoff games played by a goaltender, most playoff minutes played by a goaltender, most playoff wins, most playoff shutouts, and lowest playoff goals-against average (all 1937 and 1940).^[4]

Kerr was the second hockey player on the cover of Time magazine, doing so on the March 14, 1938 edition.^[5]

Awards and achievements

Allan Cup (1930)
Vezina Trophy (1940)
NHL first All-Star team goalie (1940)
NHL second All-Star team goalie (1938)
Stanley Cup (1940)
In the 2009 book 100 Ranger Greats, the authors ranked Kerr at No. 19 all-time of the roughly 900 New York Rangers who had played during the first 83 seasons (1926–27 to 2008–09) of the franchise‘s existence.^[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season								Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	W	L	T	Min	GA	SO	GAA	GP	W	L	T	Min	GA	SO	GAA
1929–30	Montreal AAA	MCHL	9	8	0	1	540	6	4	0.67	2	1	1	0	150	2	1	0.80
1929–30	Montreal CPR	MCHL	9	3	2	4	540	10	3	1.11	2	0	1	0	120	4	0	2.00
1929–30	Montreal AAA	A-Cup	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9	7	0	2	610	5	5	0.49
1930–31	Montreal Maroons	NHL	29	13	11	4	1769	70	1	2.37	2	0	2	0	120	8	0	4.00
1931–32	Windsor Bulldogs	IHL	34	14	13	7	2140	68	6	1.91	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1931–32	New York Americans	NHL	1	0	1	0	60	6	0	6.00	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1932–33	Montreal Maroons	NHL	25	14	8	3	1520	58	4	2.29	2	0	2	0	120	5	0	2.50
1932–33	Philadelphia Arrows	Can-Am	16	8	3	5	1020	31	2	1.81	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1933–34	Montreal Maroons	NHL	48	19	18	11	3060	122	6	2.39	4	1	2	1	240	7	1	1.75
1934–35	New York Rangers	NHL	37	19	12	6	2990	94	4	2.46	4	1	1	2	240	10	0	2.50
1935–36	New York Rangers	NHL	47	18	17	12	2980	95	8	1.91	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1936–37	New York Rangers	NHL	48	19	20	9	3020	106	4	2.11	9	6	3	0	553	10	4	1.08
1937–38	New York Rangers	NHL	48	27	15	6	2960	96	8	1.95	3	1	2	0	262	8	0	1.83
1938–39	New York Rangers	NHL	48	26	16	6	2970	105	6	2.12	1	0	1	0	119	2	0	1.01
1939–40	New York Rangers	NHL	48	27	11	10	3000	77	8	1.54	12	8	4	0	770	20	3	1.56
1940–41	New York Rangers	NHL	48	21	19	8	3010	125	2	2.49	3	1	2	0	192	6	0	1.88
NHL totals			427	203	148	75	26,139	954	51	2.15	40	18	19	3	2616	76	8	1.74

References

^ "Dave Kerr". Hockeyreference.com. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
^ "Montreal AAA 1929-1930". Elite Hockey Prospects. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
^ "Allan Cup Archives". allancup.ca. April 23, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Dave Kerr". New York Ranger. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
^ Kreiser, John; Friedman, Lou (1996). The New York Rangers: Broadway's Longest Running Hit. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-58261-080-1.
^ Cohen, Russ; Halligan, John; Raider, Adam (2009). 100 Ranger Greats: Superstars, Unsung Heroes and Colorful Characters. John Wiley & Sons. p. 174. ISBN 978-0470736197. Retrieved February 3, 2020.

Preceded by Frank Brimsek	Winner of the Vezina Trophy 1940	Succeeded by Turk Broda

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
https://web.archive.org/web/20060908011344/http://www.newyorkrangers.com/tradition/alumnispotlight.asp?Alumni=Kerr

[1] "Dave Kerr". Hockeyreference.com. Retrieved May 3, 2013.

[2] "Montreal AAA 1929-1930". Elite Hockey Prospects. Retrieved May 3, 2013.

[3] "Allan Cup Archives". allancup.ca. April 23, 2013.

[rangers-4] "Dave Kerr". New York Ranger. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2013.

[5] Kreiser, John; Friedman, Lou (1996). The New York Rangers: Broadway's Longest Running Hit. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-58261-080-1.

[6] Cohen, Russ; Halligan, John; Raider, Adam (2009). 100 Ranger Greats: Superstars, Unsung Heroes and Colorful Characters. John Wiley & Sons. p. 174. ISBN 978-0470736197. Retrieved February 3, 2020.

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