Mike Vernon

**Michael "Mike" Vernon** (born February 24, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. For 21 years he played in the National Hockey League, he played as a goaltender for the Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks and the Florida Panthers. He won the Stanley Cup twice as a member of the Flames in 1989 and then again in 1997 with the Red Wings, where he also won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. In 2002 he retired and started working as a Special Assistant to Vice President of Hockey Operations for Tampa Bay Lightning.

## Awards

- Hap Emms Trophy, Outstanding Goaltender, Memorial Cup Championship - 1983
- William M. Jennings Trophy (shared with Chris Osgood) - 1996
- Conn Smythe Trophy - 1997
- Played in NHL All-Star Game 5 times - 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993
- His number **30** was retired by the Calgary Flames on February 6, 2007.

## Records

Mike Vernon holds the following Calgary Flames franchise records:

- Most games played by a goaltender (526)
- Most wins (262)
- Most minutes played by a goaltender (29,649)
- Most playoff games played by a goaltender (81)
- Most playoff minutes played by a goaltender (4,773)
- Most playoff wins (43)

### Regular season and playoffs

|colspan="4" bgcolor="#ffffff"||colspan="8" bgcolor=#e0e0e0|Regular season|bgcolor="#ffffff"||colspan=7 bgcolor=#e0e0e0|Playoffs|||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1979–80|Calgary Canucks|AJHL|31|21|7|0|1796|88|0|2.95|7|3|4|399|22|0|3.30|
|1980–81|Calgary Wranglers|WHL|59|33|17|1|3154|198|1|3.77|22|14|8|1271|82|1|3.87|
|1981–82|Calgary Wranglers|WHL|42|22|14|2|2329|143|3|3.68|9|5|4|527|30|0|3.42|
|1981–82|Portland Winter Hawks|Mem-Cup|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|3|1|2|171|16|0|5.61|
|1981–82|Oklahoma City Stars|CHL|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|1|0|1|70|4|0|3.43|
|1982–83|Calgary Wranglers|WHL|50|29|18|2|2856|155|3|3.26|16|9|7|925|60|0|3.89|
|1982–83|Calgary Flames|NHL|2|0|2|0|100|11|0|6.60|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|
|1982–83|Portland Winter Hawks|Mem-Cup|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|3|3|0|180|14|0|4.67|
|1983–84|Colorado Flames|CHL|46|30|13|2|2648|148|1|3.35|6|2|4|347|21|0|3.63|
|1983–84|Calgary Flames|NHL|1|0|1|0|11|4|0|21.82|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|
|1984–85|Moncton Golden Flames|AHL|41|10|20|4|2050|134|0|3.92|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|
|1985–86|Salt Lake Golden Eagles|IHL|10|6|4|0|600|34|1|3.39|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|
|1985–86|Moncton Golden Flames|AHL|6|3|1|2|374|21|0|3.37|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|
|1985–86|Calgary Flames|NHL|18|9|3|3|921|52|1|3.39|21|12|9|1229|60|0|2.93|
|1986–87|Calgary Flames|NHL|54|30|21|1|2956|178|1|3.61|5|2|3|263|16|0|3.65|
|1987–88|Calgary Flames|NHL|64|39|16|7|3565|210|1|3.53|9|4|4|515|34|0|3.96|
|1988–89|Calgary Flames|NHL|52|37|6|5|2938|130|0|2.65|22|16|5|1381|52|3|2.26|
|1989–90|Calgary Flames|NHL|47|23|14|9|2795|146|0|3.13|6|2|3|342|19|0|3.33|
|1990–91|Calgary Flames|NHL|54|31|19|3|3121|172|1|3.31|7|3|4|427|21|0|2.95|
|1991–92|Calgary Flames|NHL|63|24|30|9|3684|217|0|3.58|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|
|1992–93|Calgary Flames|NHL|64|29|26|9|3732|203|2|3.26|4|1|1|150|15|0|6.00|
|1993–94|Calgary Flames|NHL|48|26|17|5|2798|131|3|2.81|7|3|4|466|23|0|2.96|
|1994–95|Detroit Red Wings|NHL|30|19|6|4|1807|76|1|2.52|18|12|6|1063|41|1|2.31|
|1995–96|Detroit Red Wings|NHL|32|21|7|2|1855|70|1|2.26|4|2|2|243|11|0|2.72|
|1996–97|Detroit Red Wings|NHL|33|13|11|8|1952|79|0|2.43|20|16|4|1229|36|1|1.76|
|1997–98|San Jose Sharks|NHL|62|30|22|8|3564|146|5|2.46|6|2|4|348|14|1|2.41|
|1998–99|San Jose Sharks|NHL|49|16|22|10|2831|107|4|2.27|5|2|3|321|13|0|2.43|
|1999–00|San Jose Sharks|NHL|15|6|5|1|772|32|0|2.49|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|
|1999–00|Florida Panthers|NHL|34|18|13|2|2019|83|1|2.47|4|0|4|237|12|0|3.04|
|2000–01|Calgary Flames|NHL|41|12|23|5|2246|121|3|3.23|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|
|2001–02|Calgary Flames|NHL|18|2|9|1|825|38|1|2.76|—|—|—|—|—|—|—|

### International

|Year|Team|Comp|GP|W|L|T|MIN|GA|SO|GAA|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1983|Canada|WJC|4|2|0|0|180|10|1|3.33|
|1991|Canada|WC|2|0|2|0|74|6|0|4.91|

## Infobox (ice hockey player)

- **image**: Mike Vernon.jpg
- **caption**: Vernon in 2014
- **image size**: 230px
- **position**: Goaltender
- **caught**: Left
- **height ft**: 5
- **height in**: 9
- **weight lb**: 167
- **league**: National Hockey League, NHL
- **played for**: Calgary Flames
 Detroit Red Wings
 San Jose Sharks
 Florida Panthers
- **birth place**: Calgary, Alberta, AB, Canada, CAN
- **ntl team**: Canada
- **draft**: 56th overall
- **draft year**: 1981
- **draft team**: Calgary Flames
- **career start**: 1982
- **career end**: 2002