Andrew Raycroft
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| Position | Goaltender |
| Catches | Left |
| Nickname(s) | Razor/Rayzor |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg/13 st 3 lb) |
| NHL Team F. teams |
Toronto Maple Leafs Boston Bruins |
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | May 4, 1980 , Belleville, ON, CAN |
| NHL Draft | 135th overall, 1998 Boston Bruins |
| Pro career | 2000 – present |
Andrew Joseph Ernest Raycroft (born May 4, 1980 in Belleville, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League. He attended Nicholson Catholic College in Belleville during the majority of his high school tenure.
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[edit] Playing career
Prior to entering the junior hockey ranks, Raycroft grew up playing minor hockey with the Quinte Red Devils AAA (OMHA) system in the Eastern Ontario AAA League.
Raycroft played for the Kingston Frontenacs and Sudbury Wolves of the Ontario Hockey League. He also played for the Wellington Dukes of the OPJAHL.
Raycroft was drafted 135th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. In his first full-season with the Bruins in 2003-2004, he compiled a 29-18-9 record with a goals against average (GAA) of 2.05, a save percentage of .926 and three shutouts to help lead the Bruins to a second-place finish in the regular season in the Eastern Conference. Raycroft was rewarded for his efforts with the Calder Trophy, awarded annually to the league's top rookie.
He struggled with the Boston Bruins in the 2005-06 season, managing only 8 wins, losing the starter and backup goalie jobs to new starting goalie Tim Thomas and new backup rookie goalie Hannu Toivonen. He would be a healthy scratch for the rest of that season. On June 24, 2006, Raycroft was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the rights to Finnish goaltending prospect Tuukka Rask. He began playing for the Maple Leafs in the 2006-07 season and earned his first shutout (and his first win) as a Leaf in a 6-0 win against the Ottawa Senators on October 5. On April 3, 2007, Raycroft tied the Leafs' franchise record for most wins by a goaltender in the regular season (37), previously held by Ed Belfour in 2002-03. However, he played more games than Belfour and earned three shootout wins, which did not exist prior to the 2005-06 season. [1]
Raycroft struggled at the start of the 2007-2008 season, and Vesa Toskala became the Leafs' starting goaltender.
[edit] Awards
- CHL Goaltender of the Year - 2000
- Calder Trophy - 2004
- NHL All-Rookie Team - 2004
[edit] Career statistics
[edit] Regular season
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | OT | Min | GA | SO | GAA | GP | W | L | Min | GA | SO | GAA | ||
| 1997-98 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 33 | 8 | 16 | 5 | - | 1802 | 125 | 0 | 4.16 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 8 | 0 | 5.39 | ||
| 1998-99 | Sudbury Wolves | OHL | 45 | 17 | 22 | 5 | - | 2528 | 173 | 1 | 4.11 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 13 | 0 | 8.12 | ||
| 1999-00 | Kingston Frontenacs | OHL | 61 | 33 | 20 | 5 | - | 3340 | 191 | 0 | 3.43 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 300 | 21 | 0 | 4.20 | ||
| 2000-01 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 26 | 8 | 14 | 4 | - | 1459 | 82 | 1 | 3.37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2000-01 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | - | 649 | 32 | 0 | 2.96 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2001-02 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 56 | 25 | 24 | 6 | - | 3317 | 142 | 7 | 2.57 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 119 | 5 | 2.52 | |||
| 2001-02 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | 65 | 3 | 0 | 2.77 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2002-03 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 39 | 23 | 10 | 3 | - | 2255 | 94 | 1 | 2.50 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 264 | 6 | 1 | 1.36 | ||
| 2002-03 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | - | 300 | 12 | 0 | 2.40 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2003-04 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 57 | 29 | 18 | 9 | - | 3420 | 117 | 3 | 2.05 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 447 | 16 | 1 | 2.15 | ||
| 2004-05 | Tappara | SM-l | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | 657 | 32 | 1 | 2.92 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 104 | 11 | 0 | 6.34 | ||
| 2005-06 | Providence Bruins | AHL | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 2.81 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2005-06 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 30 | 8 | 19 | - | 2 | 1619 | 100 | 0 | 3.70 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2006-07 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 72 | 37 | 25 | - | 9 | 4108 | 205 | 2 | 2.99 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2007-08 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 19 | 2 | 9 | - | 5 | 964 | 63 | 1 | 3.92 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NHL Totals | 199 | 82 | 80 | 10 | 16 | 11,125 | 532 | 6 | 2.87 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 447 | 16 | 1 | 2.15 | ||||
*Beginning in the 2004-05 AHL season and the 2005-06 NHL Season, regular season games could no longer end in a tie and a new record called "OT - Overtime Loss" was introduced.
[edit] References
- ^ Hockey. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved on 2007-07-25.
[edit] External links
- Andrew Raycroft's NHL player profile
- Andrew Raycroft's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Andrew Raycroft Pre-Game Ritual
| Preceded by Barret Jackman |
Winner of the Calder Trophy 2004 |
Succeeded by Alexander Ovechkin |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Raycroft, Andrew |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey goalie |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belleville, ON, CAN |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
