Andy Moog

Andy Moog
Born	(1960-02-18) February 18, 1960 Penticton, British Columbia, Canada
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Edmonton Oilers Boston Bruins Dallas Stars Montreal Canadiens
National team	Canada
NHL draft	132nd overall, 1980 Edmonton Oilers
Playing career	1980–1998

Donald Andrew Moog (/ˈmoʊɡ/; born February 18, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Moog played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins, Dallas Stars and Montreal Canadiens, and also for the Canadian national team. Moog is a three-time Stanley Cup champion: 1984, 1985 and 1987. He earned the William M. Jennings Trophy in the 1989–90 NHL season for fewest total goals against the team during the regular season, sharing the trophy with his goaltending partner, Reggie Lemelin.

Moog spent the 2009–10 season as an assistant coach for the Dallas Stars.

Playing career

Junior hockey

After playing minor hockey in Penticton, Andy Moog advanced to the junior ranks, first in the B.C. Junior Hockey League, and then on to the Billings Bighorns of the Western Hockey League (WHL), where he was named a WHL all star in 1979–80. Moog's talents caught the eye of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers, who made Moog their sixth pick – 132nd overall – in the 1980 NHL entry draft.

Edmonton Oilers

Moog was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in 1980 and spent most of the season in the minors, until injuries to goaltenders Ron Low and Eddie Mio forced him into action late in the season. That year he was spectacular in a three-game first round sweep of the Montreal Canadiens. The following year, Moog was expected to share goaltending duties with Low, but then a 19-year-old Grant Fuhr surprisingly made the team straight out of training camp. Moog was once again relegated to the minors, appearing in only eight NHL games that season.

In 1982–83, Oilers general manager and coach Glen Sather decided to go with the young duo of Moog and Fuhr and traded Low. Moog was given the starting job in the playoffs, and helped lead the Oilers to their first Stanley Cup Finals, though they were swept by the New York Islanders, who captured their fourth straight Stanley Cup. The next year Sather chose to go with Fuhr in the 1984 playoffs. Fuhr was injured in the third game of the Stanley Cup Finals in a rematch against the Islanders. Moog stepped in and led the Oilers to a series win.

Fuhr continued to be the number one goalie for the subsequent seasons. After demanding a trade, Moog walked out on the Oilers in 1987 to play for Team Canada at the Calgary Winter Olympics. There, Moog and Sean Burke played four games each, with Canada finishing fourth. Glen Sather offered to trade Moog to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Steve Guenette and a first round draft pick, but Penguins owner Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. told his general manager, Eddie Johnston, that he could not trade a first round draft pick.

Boston Bruins

At the trading deadline of the 1987–88 season, Moog was traded to the Boston Bruins for Bill Ranford shortly after the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. The Bruins implemented a goalie tandem, with Moog and Reggie Lemelin sharing starting duties. Lemelin was in goal for most of the action during the team's run to the Stanley Cup Finals in 1988, as Boston was swept by the Oilers in four games — Edmonton's fourth Cup title in five years. Moog was in goal for the series' final game. Despite Lemelin initially starting in net during the 1990 playoffs, after the Bruins had won the Presidents' Trophy for having the best regular season record in the NHL, Moog eventually took over the starting position. After a few games and performing heroics, Moog's team went all of the way to the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals.

A highlight for Moog in the 1990 NHL playoffs was during the first round against the Hartford Whalers. With Hartford leading two games to one and leading in game four by a 5–2 score entering the third period, Moog replaced Lemelin in goal and shut out the Whalers for the remainder of the game. The Bruins rallied for a comeback by scoring four goals in the third period. In the 1990 Stanley Cup Finals, the Bruins lost in five games to Moog's old team, Edmonton, who were backstopped by Ranford.

In both the 1991 and 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Bruins defeated the Canadiens in the second round to make it to the Prince of Wales Conference Finals. Moog soon gained a reputation as the Bruins' biggest "Hab-killer" shutting out the Canadiens as part of a sweep in the 1992 postseason. However, the Bruins lost both series to the Pittsburgh Penguins who were led by Mario Lemieux. In 1991, Boston took the first two games of the series, but Pittsburgh went on to win the next four games and the series, followed by a Penguins win of the Stanley Cup. Again in 1992, Boston was no match for Pittsburgh and was swept in four games during the Conference Finals.

In the 1992–93 season, Moog did not start well, partly because of a poor relationship with head coach Brian Sutter, and partly because of the death of his father in January 1993. After the rough start, things improved and Moog backstopped his team to the Adams Division title and the second-best record overall, behind Pittsburgh. Moog finished the season strong and was runner-up for the William Jennings Trophy. The 1993 playoffs, however, were a disaster. Boston was unexpectedly swept by the Buffalo Sabres, three of the four losses coming in overtime. In the final game of the series Moog gave up the overtime goal to the Sabres' Brad May.

As of 2019, Moog ranks third on the Bruins' list of playoff wins by a goaltender with 36, behind Tuukka Rask at 50 and Gerry Cheevers who has 53.

During the middle and latter years of his career, Moog served as vice-president of the National Hockey League Players Association. This position made him a spokesman for the players, both during the 1992 NHL players strike and the 1994-95 NHL lockout.

Andy Moog's Bruins mask was voted one of the scariest goalie masks by The Hockey News.

Dallas Stars

Moog was traded to the Minnesota North Stars, who relocated to Dallas as the Dallas Stars for the 1993–94 season. He led them to a winning record to return the Stars to the playoffs, where they reached the second round. In the 1996–97 NHL season, Moog helped Dallas to the Central Division title, but they were upset in the first round in seven games by the underdog Edmonton Oilers. During his time with the Stars, Moog often shared the workload of regular season games with Darcy Wakaluk and later Artūrs Irbe.

Montreal Canadiens and retirement

With the Stars bringing in Ed Belfour, Moog signed as a free agent with the Montreal Canadiens for the 1997–98 NHL season. While Moog had helped eliminate Montreal from the playoffs four times (once with the Oilers and three times with the Bruins), he led the Habs to their first playoff series win since 1993. In the summer of 1998, Moog was offered a contract to play for the Vancouver Canucks, but he chose to retire and instead became the team's goaltending coach.

Moog was selected to play in the National Hockey League All-Star Game four times over his career, twice with the Oilers (1985 and 1986), and once each with the Bruins (1991), and Stars (1997). In his two All-Star appearances as an Oiler, both he and Fuhr were selected to the team.

Post-playing career

On August 19, 2005, Team Canada appointed Moog as goaltending consultant for the 2006 Winter Olympics team.

On September 12, 2009, Moog was named assistant coach of the Dallas Stars. His contract expired July 1, 2010, and he was not offered an extension.

Moog also worked as an on-air analyst for Fox Sports Southwest during Dallas Stars games.

In 2016, Moog Joined the Portland Winterhawks of the WHL as their goaltending coach and remained in that position for 7 seasons until he announced his retirement on July 19, 2023 at the age of 63 for health reasons.

Personal life

Moog's parents are Shirley and Don Moog, the latter an amateur goaltender who played for the Penticton Vees when they won the 1955 IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship.

In the early 1990s, Moog helped fund Moog & Friends Hospice in Penticton.

Vaughn Hockey president Mike Vaughn revealed in November 2023 that Moog had been diagnosed with cancer.

Awards and achievements

• 1979-80 - WHL Second All-Star Team
• 1983–84 - NHL - Stanley Cup (Edmonton)
• 1984–85 - NHL - Stanley Cup (Edmonton)
• 1984-85 - NHL - NHL All-Star Game
• 1985-86 - NHL - NHL All-Star Game
• 1986–87 - NHL - Stanley Cup (Edmonton)
• 1989-90 - NHL - William M. Jennings Trophy - with Réjean Lemelin
• 1990-91 - NHL - NHL All-Star Game
• 1996-97 - NHL - NHL All-Star Game

Moog is the second-fastest goaltender to reach the 300 win mark, doing so in his 543rd game. He is second only to Jacques Plante (526). He was the fifth goaltender to attain 360 and 370 wins. Moog also has the highest winning percentage of any goaltender not in the Hockey Hall of Fame (.580), tied with Chris Osgood.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season										Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%		GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
1976–77	Kamloops Braves	BCJHL		44	18	26	0	2735	173	1	3.81	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Penticton Vees	BCJHL		38	19	19	0	2280	194	0	5.11	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978–79	Billings Bighorns	WHL		26	13	5	4	1306	90	4	4.13	—		5	1	3	229	21	0	5.50	—
1979–80	Billings Bighorns	WHL		46	23	14	1	2435	149	1	3.67	—		3	2	1	190	10	0	3.16	—
1980–81	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		7	3	3	0	313	20	0	3.83	.882		9	5	4	526	32	0	3.65	.881
1980–81	Wichita Wind	CHL		29	14	13	1	1602	89	0	3.67	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		8	3	5	0	399	32	0	4.81	.842		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82	Wichita Wind	CHL		40	23	13	3	2391	119	1	2.99	—		7	3	4	434	23	0	3.18	—
1982–83	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		50	33	8	7	2833	167	1	3.54	.891		16	11	5	949	48	0	3.03	.896
1983–84	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		38	27	8	1	2112	139	1	3.77	.882		7	4	0	263	12	0	2.74	.891
1984–85	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		39	22	9	3	2019	111	1	3.30	.894		2	0	0	20	0	0	0.00	1.000
1985–86	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		47	27	9	7	2664	164	1	3.69	.889		1	1	0	60	1	0	1.00	.963
1986–87	Edmonton Oilers	NHL		46	28	11	3	2461	144	0	3.51	.882		2	2	0	120	8	0	4.00	.784
1987–88	Canada	Intl		27	10	7	5	1438	86	0	3.58	—		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987–88	Boston Bruins	NHL		6	4	2	0	359	17	1	2.84	.906		7	1	4	354	25	0	4.23	.849
1988–89	Boston Bruins	NHL		41	18	14	8	2482	133	1	3.22	.877		6	4	2	359	14	0	2.34	.897
1989–90	Boston Bruins	NHL		46	24	10	7	2536	122	3	2.89	.893		20	13	7	1195	44	2	2.21	.909
1990–91	Boston Bruins	NHL		51	25	13	9	2844	136	4	2.87	.896		19	10	9	1133	60	0	3.18	.895
1991–92	Boston Bruins	NHL		62	28	22	9	3640	196	1	3.23	.887		15	8	7	866	46	1	3.19	.881
1992–93	Boston Bruins	NHL		55	37	14	3	3194	168	3	3.16	.876		3	0	3	161	14	0	5.22	.791
1993–94	Dallas Stars	NHL		55	24	20	7	3121	170	2	3.27	.894		4	1	3	246	12	0	2.93	.901
1994–95	Dallas Stars	NHL		31	10	12	7	1770	72	2	2.44	.915		5	1	4	277	16	0	3.47	.905
1995–96	Dallas Stars	NHL		41	13	19	7	2228	111	1	2.99	.900		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1996–97	Dallas Stars	NHL		48	28	13	5	2738	98	3	2.15	.913		7	3	4	449	21	0	2.81	.902
1997–98	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		42	18	17	5	2337	97	3	2.49	.905		9	4	5	474	24	1	3.04	.882
NHL totals				713	372	209	88	40,151	2,097	28	3.13	.892		132	68	57	7,452	377	4	3.04	.890

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
1988	Canada	OG		4	4	0	0	240	9	1	2.25

See also

• List of NHL goaltenders with 300 wins

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database