Corey Crawford

He had a two-game shutout streak later in the season and compiled a 176:09 shutout streak from January 7 to 15, the longest by a Blackhawks netminder since Tony Esposito from January 16 to 30, 1972.

Corey Crawford (born December 31, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender.

In his first playoff series against the Presidents' Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks, in game four of the opening round, he recorded his first career playoff assist in a Blackhawks 7-2 win on a goal scored by Brian Campbell becoming the first ‘Hawks goaltender since Dominik Hasek in 1991 to record an assist in a playoff game.

In game five he recorded a 36-save shutout, marking the first time he recorded a shutout in the NHL playoffs, and the Blackhawks' largest margin of victory (5–0) in franchise history in a playoff game.

After recovering from a 3-0 series deficit and forcing a game seven, the Blackhawks ultimately lost game seven to the Canucks 2-1 in OT when Canucks forward Alexandre Burrows scored the series-winning overtime goal for Vancouver.

Nicknamed "Crow" by teammates and fans, he played his entire professional career with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL), who selected him in the second round, 52nd overall, of the 2003 NHL Draft.

Crawford was drafted 52nd overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks.

He spent his pre-junior career playing for the Midget AAA Gatineau Intrépides, before spending his junior career with the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).

Crawford was the goaltender for the Wildcats in the 2003–04 QMJHL playoffs, when they ousted the Rimouski Océanic in the semi-finals to advance to the President's Cup final, but lost that series to the Gatineau Olympiques.

He was twice named to the QMJHL's Second All-Star team (2003–04, 2004–05).

The Wildcats retired Crawford's No. 29 on November 24, 2023.

Crawford currently holds the Wildcats record for lowest goals against average (GAA) (2.47 in 2004–05), most wins (35 in 2003–04) and is tied with Simon Lajeunesse for most shutouts in a season (six in 2004–05).

Crawford spent the first five years of his professional career in the American Hockey League (AHL) from 2005 to 2010.

He made his AHL-debut for the Norfolk Admirals, then the AHL-affiliate of the Blackhawks.

Crawford spent most of the next three seasons playing for the Rockford IceHogs.

He appeared in 255 AHL games, where he went 135–98–13 as a starter, with a 2.78 GAA, .908 save percentage, and 8 shutouts.

The IceHogs retired Crawford's No. 29 on February 12, 2024.

Crawford made his NHL debut for Chicago in 2006 and played with the team through the 2019–20 NHL season.

Crawford made his NHL debut with the Blackhawks on January 22, 2006, against the Minnesota Wild.

He relieved Adam Munro in the third period, made seven saves and did not allow any goals.

He recorded his first career start against the St. Louis Blues on February 2, 2006.

He finished the evening with five goals allowed and 29 saves in a 6–5 shootout loss.

He recorded his first career win and shutout against the Anaheim Ducks on March 5, 2008.

Crawford also recorded a strong performance against the Detroit Red Wings, stopping 45 of 47 shots in a 3–1 loss on March 11.

The Blackhawks re-signed Crawford to a one-year deal on July 21, 2008.

Crawford was recalled from the (AHL) on November 28 to take the place of Nikolai Khabibulin, who had been injured two nights earlier.

He was recalled to the Blackhawks as the team's emergency goalie for the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Crawford was then named the team’s backup goalie following an injury to Nikolai Khabibulin in Game 4 of the Western Conference Final against the Detroit Red Wings.

Crawford made his NHL playoff debut when he relieved Cristobal Huet in Game 5, where he allowed one goal on seven shots as the Blackhawks lost 6–1.

Crawford made his first Stanley Cup playoffs appearance on May 24, 2009, in the second period of the Western Conference Finals against the Detroit Red Wings, replacing Huet.

He stopped six of seven shots before being replaced by Huet after the second period.

For the 2009-10 NHL season, Antti Niemi backstopped the Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup.

Crawford did not qualify to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup but did receive a championship ring and took part in the Stanley Cup parade.

Due to the departures of starter Niemi to the San Jose Sharks and Huet to the Swiss National League A, Crawford was promoted to back-up goaltender behind Marty Turco for the 2010–11 season.

Later in the season, Crawford became the team's starting goaltender, replacing the veteran Turco.

From February 20 until March 5, 2011, Crawford had an eight-game win streak, setting a new record for the longest such streak for a rookie.

The streak was also one game short of the team record set by Glenn Hall.

Crawford earned his 30th win of his rookie season on March 28, 2011, at Detroit, becoming the first Blackhawks goaltender to reach the 30-win milestone since Jocelyn Thibault did it with 33 wins in the 2001–02 season.

On May 19, 2011, Crawford signed a three-year, $8 million contract extension with the Blackhawks.

He won the Stanley Cup and William M. Jennings Trophy twice with the Blackhawks in 2013 and 2015.