Robert Thomas "Butch" Goring was born on October 22,1949 and is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
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15 Facts About Butch Goring
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Butch Goring played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders and Boston Bruins.
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Butch Goring currently serves as the Islanders' television color commentator on MSG Network alongside Islanders play-by-play announcer Brendan Burke.
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Butch Goring played parts of two seasons for the Kings in 1970 and 1971, bouncing back and forth between Los Angeles and their American Hockey League affiliate, the Springfield Kings.
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Butch Goring had a very successful season in Springfield in 1971, leading the league in playoff goals, assists and points in helping his team win the Calder Cup championship.
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Butch Goring won both the Bill Masterton Trophy and the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1978, becoming the first player to win both trophies the same year.
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Butch Goring played 78 games and did not receive a single penalty, but did not win the Lady Byng Trophy that year.
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Butch Goring retired having played 1107 games, with 375 goals and 513 assists for 888 points.
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Butch Goring recorded only 102 penalty minutes, the lowest total in NHL history for a player appearing in more than a thousand games.
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Butch Goring was a very effective penalty-killer throughout his career as he finished in the top ten for short-handed goals nine seasons in his career amassing a career total of 40 short-handed goals, the fifth most of all-time.
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Butch Goring was most recognizable on the ice for the Sven Tumba-endorsed Spaps brand helmet that he had worn since childhood and continued to wear throughout his entire professional career.
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Butch Goring developed a reputation for perhaps the poorest fashion sense in the league.
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Former Islanders' teammate Mike Bossy stated on a 2010 episode of Off the Record with Michael Landsberg that Butch Goring is quite likely the originator of the NHL's tradition of growing a beard in the Stanley Cup playoffs, commonly called a "playoff beard".
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