Dave Kerr

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.

Playing career He played amateur hockey before joining the NHL, winning the Allan Cup in 1930 with the Montreal AAA senior men's team.

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).

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).

Kerr was the fifth goalie to win 200 games in a career and retired with the fourth most wins (204) along with 8th in shutouts (51).

Kerr died at the age of 68 on May 11, 1978 in a hospital in Belleville, Ontario after a long illness.

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.

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