Andy Moog

Donald Andrew Moog (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.

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.

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.

Moog is a three-time Stanley Cup champion: 1984, 1985 and 1987.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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