Kurtis Mucha

Kurtis Mucha (born June 3, 1989) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. He last played with the Alberta Golden Bears of the CIS.
Mucha played major junior hockey, with the Portland Winter Hawks and Kamloops Blazers, in the Western Hockey League (WHL) from 2005 to 2010 where he played a total of 245 games and 13,708 minutes in net to established new WHL records for most career gamesMucha breaks WHL record - OurSports Central - Independent and Minor League Sports News and most career minutes played by a goaltender.Winterhawks blitz T-Birds - Kent Reporter
Mucha played professional hockey in the ECHL with the Idaho Steelheads during the 2008–09 ECHL season and with the Stockton Thunder during the 2009–10 ECHL season.
On December 11, 2013, Mucha attended practice at Rexall Place with the NHL's Boston Bruins, filling in for Tuukka Rask, who was suffering from flu-like symptoms.
On March 4, 2014, Mucha dressed as the backup goalie for his local Edmonton Oilers who had just finalized a trade to send Ilya Bryzgalov to the Minnesota Wild, leaving them without a number 2 netminder. Mucha signed a one-day NHL tryout contract which afforded him the opportunity to be on the roster for the game against the Ottawa Senators.
==Awards and honours==
Award 	Year 	Ref
WHL record - Most career games played by a goalie (245) 	Established 2010	
WHL record - Most career minutes played by a goalie (13,786)	Established 2010	
CIS All-Canadian First Team 	2012-13 	
CIS Goaltender of the Year 	2012-13 	
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Category:Alberta Golden Bears ice hockey players
Category:Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Fort McMurray Oil Barons players
Category:Ice hockey people from Alberta
Category:Idaho Steelheads (ECHL) players
Category:Kamloops Blazers players
Category:Portland Winterhawks players
Category:Stockton Thunder players