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Originally Posted by shelrik
Can you give me the career history for an old favorite goaltender of mine.....
Johnny Bower
Much thanks
Rick
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Thank you for the kinds words. It does take some time and a few excel spreadsheets to track things but well worth the effort.
Not a great career for Bower in this game as he was limited to 221 career games in a 12 year NHL career that included stops with the Rangers, Detroit, Chicago and Boston. His lifetime record was 63-87-20 with a 2.83 GAA.
Almost exclusively a back-up, Bower had a career high 50 games for the 1955-56 Black Hawks. He started with the Rangers but was dealt to Detroit in November of 1954 with Jimmy Peters in exchange for Bill Dineen and minor league goalie Gil Mayer.
That began a series of deals that saw Bower move to Chicago the following year and then back to the Rangers in January of 1956. The Rangers would deal him to Detroit for Lou Fontinato in the summer of 1956. He would spend a year and a half in Detroit before the final trade of his career saw him move to Boston at the trade deadline in 1958. He would remain with the Bruins until his retirement following the 1964-65 campaign.