Mike Vernon Mike Vernon ( born February 24 , 1963 , in Calgary , Alberta ) is a retired professional ice hockey player . Throughout his 21 - year National Hockey League career , he played as a goaltender for the Calgary Flames and Detroit Red Wings . He won the Stanley Cup 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 . He retired in 2002 . He currently works as a Special Assistant to the Vice President of Hockey Operations for the Tampa Bay Lightning . Playing career . Mike Vernon was drafted 56th overall at the 1981 Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames after percolating through the Calgary junior hockey system and then starring for the WHL ' s Calgary Wranglers . He was added to the roster of the Portland Winter Hawks in the 1983 Memorial Cup Championship Series against league champions Lethbridge ( WHL ) , Oshawa ( OHL ) and Verdun ( QMJHL ) . His performance during the series helped the Hawks become the first team from outside Canada to win the Cup , defeating Oshawa 8 – 3 in the final . He was awarded the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy as the outstanding goaltender for the series . After turning professional , he spent most of the next three seasons with the Flames ' s top minor league affiliates in Colorado and Moncton before getting called up for good in January 1986 . Although he was initially called up to back - up incumbent Réjean Lemelin , Vernon ' s play down the stretch earned him the starting job for the playoffs . That spring , he backstopped the Flames to an upset victory over the hated Edmonton Oilers in the second round . The Flames eventually lost in the Final to the Montreal Canadiens and fellow rookie netminder Patrick Roy . The following year , the Flames were beaten by the Winnipeg Jets in the opening round . Another playoff disappointment was to follow in the 1987 – 88 season where he won 39 games to help the Flames to the President ' s Trophy . However , their playoff campaign was prematurely ended by the Edmonton Oilers in the Smythe Division Final . Success was to come in the next season , however , as he led the Flames to the President ' s Trophy again with 117 points and to the 1989 Stanley Cup with three shutouts in the playoffs . It was also in the first round of that successful campaign that the hometown hero had his most famous moment , stopping the Vancouver Canucks ' s Stan Smyl on a breakaway in overtime of the deciding game . In the Final , Vernon and the Flames avenged their 1986 loss to Roy and the Canadiens , though Roy edged out Vernon for the Vezina Trophy as the league ' s top goaltender . Although the Flames remained a strong regular season team over the next several years , they could not repeat their playoff success of 1989 . After failing to win another playoff series , Vernon was traded in 1994 to the Detroit Red Wings , since his number 30 was worn playoff Chris Osgood , so he worn number 29 where he helped them to the Stanley Cup finals in 1995 . However , they were swept 4 – 0 by the New Jersey Devils . The 1995 – 96 season saw him help the Red Wings to 62 wins , an NHL record , while splitting goal - tending duties with Chris Osgood . They lost in the Conference Finals to Patrick Roy and the eventual Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche . In 1996 – 97 , he shared duties with OsGood . However , he did earn his 300th NHL victory in March 1997 in a 6 – 5 overtime win over Colorado and his long - time nemesis , Patrick Roy . The game was punctuated by an enormous brawl , in which Vernon and Roy slugged it out against each other . Vernon was given the starting job in the playoffs , where he starred . In the Conference Final , Vernon and Wings beat Roy and Avalanche in 6 games to advance to the Final , where Detroit swept Philadelphia Flyers . The Red Wings won their first Stanley Cup since 1955 and Vernon won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP . Vernon helped Detroit repeat as Stanley Cup Champion and remained here . Personal life . Vernon maintains a home in Invermere , British Columbia . He is married to Jane Vernon , and has four children : Amelia , Will , Matthew and John Records . Mike Vernon holds the following Calgary Flames franchise records :