Rangers and Red Wings Hall of Fame goaltender Ed Giacomin dies at age 86
Hall of Fame goaltender Ed Giacomin has died
FILE - Ranger goalie Ed Giacomin at Rangers - Toronto game Oct. 21, 1970, New York won, 3-2. (AP Photo/John Lent, File)
Hall of Fame goaltender Ed Giacomin has died. He was 86.
The New York Rangers and NHL Alumni Association announced Giacomin’s death Monday. An Alumni spokesperson said the organization learned from a board member of the Detroit Red Wings alumni that Giacomin died at his home Sunday night.
Giacomin won the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top goalie and was a five-time All-Star during more than a decade with the Rangers from 1965-76 before finishing his career with Detroit. His No. 1 is retired in the rafters at Madison Square Garden in New York, and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1987.
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FILE - Boston Bruins' Phil Esposito fires a shot by New York Rangers' goalie Ed Giacomin in second period of their game at Boston Garden, March 1, 1969. AP Photo/A.E. Maloof, File)
The Rangers in a statement said Giacomin personified what it meant to play for the franchise, adding, “You cannot discuss the history of this organization and not immediately think of Eddie.”
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