Jonathan Quick

Jonathan Douglas Quick (born January 21, 1986) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Los Angeles qualified for the Western Conference Final for the second time in its 45-year history, and first time since the 1993 playoffs.

The Kings ended their 19-year drought and made it to the Stanley Cup Finals after defeating the third-seeded Phoenix Coyotes in Game 5 of the Western Conference Final.

Quick was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy following the Kings' first Stanley Cup victory over the New Jersey Devils, 6–1, taking the series four games to two.

As a youth, Quick played in the 2000 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the New York Rangers minor ice hockey team.

He later played for the Mid Fairfield youth hockey association out of Darien Ice Rink.

He carried his team to win a national championship and he was single time during his midget major year.

His team also featured forwards Sean Backman, John Mori and Augie DiMarzo, Joey Sides, Joe DeBello, Chris Davis and Cam Atkinson, all of whom went on to play professional hockey.

Quick played at Hamden High School in Hamden, Connecticut, before transferring to Avon Old Farms, where he was named to the 2002 New Haven Register All-Area Ice Hockey Team.

Quick's number 32 Kings jersey is displayed in the Lou Astorino Ice Arena of Hamden.

He led Avon Old Farms to two-straight New England Prep Championships in his junior and senior seasons.

He had nine shutouts during his senior year.

Quick played collegiate hockey for the University of Massachusetts Amherst out of Hockey East (HE).

Quick was selected in the third round, 72nd overall, by the Los Angeles Kings at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.

As a freshman, he earned his first victory by a score of 4–2 on October 15, 2005, in his first start against Clarkson University.

He also appeared in one playoff game as a freshman, which the Minutemen lost 4–1 to Boston University.

Quick scored his first goal January 6, 2007, against Merrimack College.

In the 4–2 win, the unassisted goal came during a delayed penalty into an empty net at 9:31 of the second period; it was the game-winning goal.

While playing for the Minutemen, he led the team to their first-ever NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship appearance.

In his first NCAA Tournament game, Quick shut-out Clarkson University, stopping all 33 shots he faced, in a 1–0 overtime victory.

He appeared in five playoff games and posted a .944 save percentage.

After losing in his first professional start, with the ECHL's Reading Royals, Quick made a statistically unlikely goal during a shutout in his second start, scoring an empty-net goal against the Pensacola Ice Pilots on October 27, 2007, at 19:25 in the third period.

Quick played his first NHL game on December 6, 2007, against the Buffalo Sabres in an 8–2 win.

Quick began the 2008–09 season with the Los Angeles Kings' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs, sharing time with Jonathan Bernier.

He was called up to the Kings on December 16 after goaltender Erik Ersberg suffered a groin injury.

He earned his first career NHL shutout on December 23, 2008, defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets in Columbus.

He also received the NHL's Third Star of the Week honor for the week ending December 28.

In three games, Quick posted a 2–1–0 record, with both victories coming via shutout, posting a 0.67 goals against average (GAA) and a .958 save percentage.

On February 9, 2009, he was awarded the First Star of the Week by the NHL after stopping 95 of 100 shots in a three-game road win streak, which launched the Kings back into the 2009 playoff picture.

He finished the season with a 21–18–2 record, with a 2.48 GAA and .914 save percentage.

Quick is a two-time Vezina Trophy nominee and William M. Jennings Trophy winner and was a silver medalist with the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

He earned his first career NHL Stanley Cup playoff shutout on April 17, 2011, against the San Jose Sharks, stopping all 34 shots for a 4–0 shutout win.

Quick was also named a 2011–12 NHL second team All-Star.

He led the League with ten shutouts (a Kings franchise record), had the NHL's second-lowest GAA (1.95) and posted a 35–21–13 final record.

The streak ran from April 16, 2011, at San Jose to June 2, 2012, at New Jersey (12 games).

Quick is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, having won with the Kings in 2012 and 2014 and the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023.

Quick's Conn Smythe Trophy-winning run in the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs has been described as the best statistical playoff run ever.

On April 25, 2012, after the end of the 2011–12 regular season, Quick was nominated as a Vezina Trophy finalist, along with Henrik Lundqvist and Pekka Rinne, the former of which ultimately won the award.

Quick gained much attention during the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs, as the eighth-seeded Kings defeated the top-seeded and Presidents' Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks in five games, followed by the Kings' first-ever four-game playoff series sweep, which came against the second-seeded St. Louis Blues.

On May 30, 2012, Quick set a new Stanley Cup playoff record after winning his 11th consecutive road game dating back to the 2011 postseason, surpassing the old mark of ten set by Billy Smith of the New York Islanders, and continued adding to the record.