49 Facts About Ken Dryden

Kenneth Wayne Dryden was born on August 8,1947 and is a Canadian politician, lawyer, businessman, author, and former National Hockey League goaltender and executive.

Ken Dryden is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Ken Dryden was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011 and Minister of Social Development from 2004 to 2006.

Ken Dryden received the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2020.

Ken Dryden's parents were Murray Dryden and Margaret Adelia Campbell.

Ken Dryden has a sister, Judy, and a brother, Dave, who was an NHL goaltender.

Ken Dryden played with the Etobicoke Indians of the Metro Junior B Hockey League as well as Humber Valley Packers of the Metro Toronto Hockey League.

Ken Dryden was drafted fourteenth overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1964 NHL Amateur Draft.

Ken Dryden was told by his agent that he had been drafted by the Canadiens and did not find out until the mid-1970s that he had been drafted by the Bruins.

Ken Dryden backstopped the Cornell Big Red to the 1967 National Collegiate Athletic Association championship and to three consecutive ECAC tournament championships, and won 76 of his 81 varsity starts.

Ken Dryden was a member of the Canadian amateur national team at the 1969 World Ice Hockey Championships tournament in Stockholm.

Ken Dryden made his NHL debut on Sunday March 14,1971 against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh.

Ken Dryden was called up from the minors late in the season and played only six regular-season games, but rang up an impressive 1.65 goals-against average.

Ken Dryden won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs.

Ken Dryden helped the Habs win five more Stanley Cups in 1973,1976,1977,1978, and 1979.

Ken Dryden is the only player to win the Conn Smythe Trophy before winning the rookie of the year award, and the only goaltender to win both the Conn Smythe and the Stanley Cup before losing a regular-season game.

Ken Dryden announced on September 14,1973, that he was joining the Toronto law firm of Osler, Hoskin and Harcourt as a legal clerk for the year, for $135 a week.

Ken Dryden skipped training camp and held out that season.

Ken Dryden used that year to fulfill the requirements for his law degree at McGill and article for a law firm.

Ken Dryden retired for the last time on July 9,1979.

Ken Dryden won the Vezina Trophy five times as the goaltender on the team who allowed the fewest goals and in the same years was selected as a First Team All-Star.

At 6 feet, 4 inches, Ken Dryden was so tall that during stoppages in play he struck what became his trademark pose: leaning upon his stick.

Ken Dryden was known as the "four-storey goalie," and was once referred to as "that thieving giraffe" by Boston Bruins superstar Phil Esposito, in reference to Dryden's skill and height.

Ken Dryden was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983, as soon as he was eligible.

Ken Dryden was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.

Ken Dryden wrote one book during his hockey career: Face-Off at the Summit.

Ken Dryden says at the beginning that he 'needed to write this book,' because 'Scotty had lived a truly unique life.

Ken Dryden has experienced almost everything in hockey, up close, for the best part of a century - and his is a life that no on else will live again.

Ken Dryden worked as a television hockey commentator at the 1980,1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics.

In 1997, Ken Dryden was hired as president of the Toronto Maple Leafs by minority owner Larry Tanenbaum.

Ken Dryden spoke at the Open Ice Summit in 1999, to discuss improvements needed to ice hockey in Canada.

Ken Dryden wanted delegates to accept that progress made at the lower levels and off the ice was important in achieving international results.

Ken Dryden was cautious that change would come slowly and be costly, but felt the summit was an important step in making progress.

Ken Dryden urged for the end to persistent abuse of on-ice officials, or Canada would lose 10,000 referees each year.

Ken Dryden's position was abolished, in favour of having both the Leafs' and Raptors' managers reporting directly to MLSE President and CEO Richard Peddie.

Ken Dryden was shuffled to the less important role of vice-chairman and given a spot on MLSE's board of directors.

Ken Dryden stayed on until 2004 when he resigned to enter politics.

In January 2012, Ken Dryden was appointed a "Special Visitor" at his alma mater McGill University's Institute for the Study of Canada.

Ken Dryden taught a Canadian Studies course entitled "Thinking the Future to Make the Future," which focused on issues facing Canada in the future and possible solutions to them.

Ken Dryden joined the Liberal Party of Canada and ran for the House of Commons in the 2004 federal election.

Ken Dryden was selected by party leader and Prime Minister Paul Martin as a "star candidate" in the Toronto riding of York Centre, then considered a safe Liberal riding.

Ken Dryden was elected by a margin of over 11,000 votes.

Ken Dryden was named to Cabinet as Minister of Social Development.

Ken Dryden won generally favourable reviews for his performance in Cabinet.

Ken Dryden was re-elected in the 2006 federal election, while the Liberals were defeated and Paul Martin resigned the party leadership.

Still, Ken Dryden lost his seat to Conservative candidate Mark Adler by nearly 6,000 votes.

Ken Dryden's fundraising fell well below that of top leadership contenders.

Ken Dryden initially threw his support to Bob Rae, but after Rae was eliminated in the third ballot and released all of his delegates, Dryden endorsed Stephane Dion, who went on to win the leadership.

Ken Dryden is a first cousin, twice removed, of Murray Murdoch, another former NHL player and a longtime coach of Yale University's hockey team.