Ken Lockett

Kenneth Richard Lockett (born August 30, 1947) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the San Diego Mariners of the World Hockey Association (WHA).

Playing career Lockett played university hockey in Canada with the Guelph Gryphons of the CIAU for one season before turning pro with the Baltimore Clippers of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 1972–73. After two seasons in the AHL, Lockett joined the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL) where he played backup to Gary Smith. In his first year with the Canucks, he recorded 2 consecutive shutouts as part of a franchise record setting 184:20 minute shutout streak in April 1975. The mark stood as a Canucks record for 32 years until 2007 when Roberto Luongo went 210:34 minutes. Following his second season with the Canucks, he left to join the NHL-rival-league World Hockey Association (WHA) with the San Diego Mariners.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1968–69 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 6 — — — 300 28 0 5.60 — — — — — — — — — 1969–70 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 2 — — — 120 10 0 5.00 — — — — — — — — — 1969–70 Owen Sound Mercurys OHA 9 — — — 520 45 0 5.19 — — — — — — — — — 1970–71 University of Guelph CIAU 15 – – – 900 54 0 3.60 — — — — — — — — — 1971–72 University of Guelph CIAU 17 – – – 1020 64 0 3.76 — — — — — — — — — 1972–73 Baltimore Clippers AHL 32 – – – 1809 139 0 4.57 — — — — — — — — — 1973–74 Baltimore Clippers AHL 37 21 11 4 2128 99 2 2.79 — 5 3 2 300 18 0 3.60 — 1974–75 Vancouver Canucks NHL 25 6 7 1 912 48 2 3.16 .886 1 0 1 60 6 0 6.00 .846 1975–76 Vancouver Canucks NHL 30 7 8 7 1436 83 0 3.47 .892 — — — — — — — — 1976–77 San Diego Mariners WHA 45 18 19 1 2397 148 1 3.70 .871 5 1 3 260 19 0 4.38 — WHA totals 45 18 19 1 2397 148 1 3.70 .871 5 1 3 260 19 0 4.38 — NHL totals 55 13 15 8 2348 131 2 3.35 .890 1 0 1 60 6 0 6.00 .846