Jacques Plante

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National Hockey League player goaltender ice hockey player

Jacques Plante was a pioneering Canadian goaltender best known for revolutionizing ice hockey by popularizing the regular use of the goalie mask and starring for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Joseph Jacques Omer Plante 1

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instanceOf National Hockey League player ⓘ
goaltender ⓘ
ice hockey player ⓘ
authored Goaltending manual and writings on hockey strategy ⓘ
awardReceived Hart Memorial Trophy ⓘ
Vezina Trophy ⓘ
careerEnd 1975 ⓘ
careerStart 1947 ⓘ
causeOfDeath stomach cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1929-01-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1986-02-27 ⓘ
familyName Plante ⓘ
fullName Jacques Plante self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Joseph Jacques Omer Plante
givenName Jacques ⓘ
hallOfFame Hockey Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1978 ⓘ
HartMemorialTrophySeason 1961–62 ⓘ
height 6 ft 0 in ⓘ
heightInCentimetres 183 ⓘ
heritage French Canadian ⓘ
introducedGoalieMaskInNHLGame 1959-11-01 ⓘ
jerseyNumber 1 ⓘ
jerseyNumberRetired 1 ⓘ
jerseyNumberRetiredBy Montreal Canadiens ⓘ
knownFor innovations in goaltending technique and style ⓘ
popularizing the regular use of the goaltender mask in the NHL ⓘ
language French ⓘ
league National Hockey League ⓘ
numberOfStanleyCupsWon 6 ⓘ
numberOfVezinaTrophies 7 ⓘ
occupation goaltending coach ⓘ
professional ice hockey player ⓘ
placeOfBirth Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec, Canada ⓘ
placeOfDeath Geneva ⓘ
surface form: Geneva, Switzerland
positionPlayed goaltender ⓘ
shootsCatches Left ⓘ
StanleyCupChampionWith Montreal Canadiens ⓘ
StanleyCupWinningSeasons 1955–56 ⓘ
1956–57 ⓘ
1957–58 ⓘ
1958–59 ⓘ
1959–60 ⓘ
1964–65 ⓘ
team Boston Bruins ⓘ
Edmonton Oilers ⓘ
surface form: Edmonton Oilers (WHA)

Montreal Canadiens ⓘ
New York Rangers ⓘ
Quebec Aces ⓘ
St. Louis Blues ⓘ
Toronto Maple Leafs ⓘ
weightInPounds 175 ⓘ

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Jacques Plante → fullName → Jacques Plante self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Joseph Jacques Omer Plante
Hockey Hall of Fame → hasNotableInductee → Jacques Plante ⓘ
Vezina Trophy → mostWinsRecordHolder → Jacques Plante ⓘ