Glenn Hall
Hockey Athlete - Inducted 2011
Glenn Hall is known as “Mr. Goalie”. He started the “butterfly” style of goaltending and is one of the best goalies to play the game. He backstopped the Chicago Black Hawks to their Stanley Cup win in 1961 and led the St. Louis Blues to the Stanley Cup finals in 1968, 1969, and 1970. Glenn had a 552 consecutive games streak – amazing considering he didn’t wear a mask for most of his career. Glenn Hall played 906 regular-season games and 115 playoff games; he had 407 wins, 84 shutouts, and a goals-against-average of 2.49. He was an all-star thirteen times. Glenn Hall was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1975 and the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008.
Glenn started his pro hockey career with the Detroit Red Wings farm teams the Indianapolis Capitals (1951-1952) and the Edmonton Flyers (1952-1955) before joining the NHL Detroit Red Wings in 1955. He was traded in 1957 to the Chicago Black Hawks; the team’s 1961 victory was the Hawks first Stanley Cup championship since 1938. In 1967 Glenn was picked up by the expansion St. Louis Blues. He received the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1968 for his play during the Stanley Cup playoffs. Glenn is the only player to be voted First All-Star on three different teams. He was voted first-team All-Star seven times. Glenn won Rookie of the Year (Calder Cup) for his play during the 1955-1956 season.
Glenn was a volunteer coach of the Stony Plain Flyers from 1974-1976. He was the goalie coach for the Calgary Flames from 1984-1998.
After Induction
Glenn Hall was named to the NHL’s Top 100 List in January 2017.
