Dave Kerr

This article is about the ice hockey player. For the film critic, see Dave Kehr. For other uses, see David Kerr (disambiguation).

David Alexander Kerr (January 11, 1910 – May 11, 1978) was a Canadian NHL goaltender who played for the Montreal Maroons, New York Americans and New York Rangers.^[1]

Dave Kerr
Born	(1910-01-11)January 11, 1910 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	May 11, 1978(1978-05-11) (aged 68) Belleville, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg; 11 st 6 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Right
Played for	Montreal Maroons New York Americans New York Rangers
Playing career	1930–1941

Playing career

He played amateur hockey before joining the NHL, winning the Allan Cup in 1930 with the Montreal AAA senior men's team.^[2][3]

Kerr was most notable for his time with the New York Rangers. His four shutouts in a single playoff season in 1937 is a Rangers record (since tied by Mike Richter). In 1937-38, Kerr was selected to the NHL second All-Star team. Kerr won a Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1939-40. That year, he won the Vezina Trophy for a Rangers team that led the league in goals allowed, and had a 19-game unbeaten streak (14-0-5). He was also selected to the NHL first All-Star team that year. As a Ranger, he only missed one game between 1934 and 1941, and started every game for five straight seasons (1936-1941).^[4]

Kerr also was the NHL season leader in most games played by a goaltender (1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, and 1940–41), most shutouts (1937–38 and 1939–40), most playoff games played by a goaltender, most playoff minutes played by a goaltender, most playoff wins, most playoff shutouts, and lowest playoff goals-against average (all 1937 and 1940).^[4]

Kerr was the second hockey player on the cover of Time magazine, doing so on the March 14, 1938 edition.^[5]

Awards and achievements

• Allan Cup (1930)
• Vezina Trophy (1940)
• NHL first All-Star team goalie (1940)
• NHL second All-Star team goalie (1938)
• Stanley Cup (1940)
• In the 2009 book 100 Ranger Greats, the authors ranked Kerr at No. 19 all-time of the roughly 900 New York Rangers who had played during the first 83 seasons (1926–27 to 2008–09) of the franchise‘s existence.^[6]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season									Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	Min	GA	SO	GAA		GP	W	L	T	Min	GA	SO	GAA
1929–30	Montreal AAA	MCHL		9	8	0	1	540	6	4	0.67		2	1	1	0	150	2	1	0.80
1929–30	Montreal CPR	MCHL		9	3	2	4	540	10	3	1.11		2	0	1	0	120	4	0	2.00
1929–30	Montreal AAA	A-Cup		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—		9	7	0	2	610	5	5	0.49
1930–31	Montreal Maroons	NHL		29	13	11	4	1769	70	1	2.37		2	0	2	0	120	8	0	4.00
1931–32	Windsor Bulldogs	IHL		34	14	13	7	2140	68	6	1.91		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1931–32	New York Americans	NHL		1	0	1	0	60	6	0	6.00		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1932–33	Montreal Maroons	NHL		25	14	8	3	1520	58	4	2.29		2	0	2	0	120	5	0	2.50
1932–33	Philadelphia Arrows	Can-Am		16	8	3	5	1020	31	2	1.81		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1933–34	Montreal Maroons	NHL		48	19	18	11	3060	122	6	2.39		4	1	2	1	240	7	1	1.75
1934–35	New York Rangers	NHL		37	19	12	6	2990	94	4	2.46		4	1	1	2	240	10	0	2.50
1935–36	New York Rangers	NHL		47	18	17	12	2980	95	8	1.91		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1936–37	New York Rangers	NHL		48	19	20	9	3020	106	4	2.11		9	6	3	0	553	10	4	1.08
1937–38	New York Rangers	NHL		48	27	15	6	2960	96	8	1.95		3	1	2	0	262	8	0	1.83
1938–39	New York Rangers	NHL		48	26	16	6	2970	105	6	2.12		1	0	1	0	119	2	0	1.01
1939–40	New York Rangers	NHL		48	27	11	10	3000	77	8	1.54		12	8	4	0	770	20	3	1.56
1940–41	New York Rangers	NHL		48	21	19	8	3010	125	2	2.49		3	1	2	0	192	6	0	1.88
NHL totals				427	203	148	75	26,139	954	51	2.15		40	18	19	3	2616	76	8	1.74