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Renowned as a goaltending legend, Ken Dryden’s bold retirement from his prime led him into politics after a storied stint with the Montreal Canadiens, earning 6 Stanley Cups and 5 Vezina Trophies in just 8 seasons. His NHL legacy is just a glimpse into his captivating life; beyond the rink, he thrived as a politician and respected author, showcasing exceptional talents that transcended the challenges of the NHL.
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Another great video for my lunch break
You sure this isn’t just Jeffery dahlmer
He’s a legend and it’s wild how he walked away like that
I am doing this off the top of my head, so my numbers may be a little off, but they should be close. Best season ever by any NHL team, only eight losses in 80 games! Tied with Jacque Plante for second most wins in a single season by a Canadiens goalie (42)! Almost as many career shut outs as losses, 56L-46SO! Part of the second greatest hockey dynasty in NHL history, 4 cups in a row, 76-77-78-79(tied with the Islanders) Dave Dryden and Ken Dryden, the only goal tending brothers in the NHL history face each other in a game! Goalie of choice for team Canada during the 72 summit series.
Please read his book "The Game" In it he says why he retired. He saw that other teams, The Islanders were up and coming. He also saw the Habs were going to rebuild. He did not want to be part of the rebuild, so he retired. It was not that he thought the NHL was too easy. He also knew how good the team in front of him was.
Dryden spent a whole weekend at my house when i was a teen ager, in Moncton NB. was one of my favorite childhood memories. My old man was the Dean of the Ceps faculty (Sports faculty) at the University Du Moncton, and Dryden was the head of university hockey league. And in a game, Moncton was playing PEI, and a brawl broke out, and a ref got punched out, so Dryden had to come down. And my old man already knew Dryden, and somehow convinced him to stay at our house for the weekend. They drank ALL weekend, was funny to hear them talking. I drank with them one night, got to wear the Habs Stanley Cup ring!! I could put all 4 of my fingers in his ring! lol, I have pretty small hands, but still!!! he was an awesome guy, super down to earth, him and my old man drinking were swearing as much as me and my teen age friends did when we drank! lol. I have been a Habs fan for about 45 years, so i was super happy to get the opportunity to not just meet him, but get drunk with him! lol. He was so nice. I have a bunch of pics, and he signed a bunch of things for me too. They're in the attic somewhere, but i will cherish the memories forever.
He first retired to go back to school. He went into politics long after he retired for good.
Retired EARLY with 6 Stanley cups
3 Conn Smyth one before winning Calder trophy
Lawyer
Politician
Super impressive guy!
He retired early because he had a burning desire to contribute to transforming Canada into a communist utopia as part of the Liberal Party of Canada. He's a Marxist through and through…..as long as it didn't affect his life…just like all marxists.
Grew up with Dryden and the rest of the habs in the seventies…Goalies in those days were like super heroes…His mask…his stance…unbelievable memories!
a year after Canadiens were sold from Bromfman to Molson's; same time retiring as Bowman, but thats not the most interesting part, 3 years of scoring by LaFleur (a multi 50 goal season scorer) at 27 goals each season …. Bowman is allowed to leave Montreal to go to another division contender, in Buffalo.
Completely underrated in the current era
The Liberals are highly concerned with what the heck to do with the masses of idiots who only listen to others and never do their own thinking. What they don't tell us, is that is by design. Only a person with a trash mind would join a trash political party like the Liberals or NDP. That's the sad reality of Dryden.
False title man. He retired because his team was headed for a complete tear down and rebuild and with the islanders on the rise he wanted nothing to do with the whole process so he retired.
The first genius Hockey player to ever play. Such a deep soul. His book "The Game" is the hockey bible.
Please do a video on Maurice Richard!
Dryden also had the worst case of verbal diarrhea known to mankind.
ken dryden is the most overrated athlete of all time. He sucked with team canada in 1972, he played on a montreal dynasty team
Misleading and superficial header.
"All this success must have gotten pretty boring for Dryden….it was his desire to excel in other fields."
You might have a career with the Toronto Sun.
Not that smart, joined the Liberal Party of Canada, so basically went from smart to a babbling idiot😅
libtard party of canada
having a career of only 8 seasons and still having 6 stanley cups is absolutely ridiculous
Homer Simpson could have played goal for the Canadians during those years and won multiple Stanley Cups?
Being a tender is never easy!!!! This is the toughest position on the ice!!!!
Some people just don’t know how to lose, at anything.😮