Murray Bannerman
Bannerman in 1985
Born (1957-04-27) April 27, 1957
Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Vancouver Canucks
Chicago Blackhawks
NHL Draft 58th overall, 1977
Vancouver Canucks
WHA Draft 88th overall, 1977
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 19771988

Murray Bannerman (born April 27, 1957) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. He spent the majority of his career with the Chicago Blackhawks, though also briefly played for the Vancouver Canucks, who selected him in the 1977 NHL amateur draft.

Playing career

Bannerman was born in Fort Frances, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1969 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Winnipeg.[1]

His NHL career started with the Vancouver Canucks in the 1977 season, where he played one period for the team without allowing a goal making him the only goalie in Canucks history to not allow a goal. He spent most of his career with the Chicago Blackhawks. In 1983, he was a part of the Campbell Conference's roster at the 35th National Hockey League All-Star Game. Tony Esposito's backup for the early portion of his career, Bannerman finally got a chance to shine in the first round of the 1982 playoffs. He won his first two games-on the road-and powered his Chicago team to a series victory over the Minnesota North Stars. His career ended after the 1988 season.

He became the number one goaltender in Chicago the next season, with Esposito acting as his backup, and eventually tended goal twice in the NHL All-Star game for his yeoman work in the Chicago net. Bannerman was the 'player to be named later' when he came to Chicago in 1978. Pit Martin, once traded for Phil Esposito, was dealt by Chicago to Vancouver in 1977.

Bannerman sits fifth on the Blackhawks' all-time goaltender list with 116 wins and 288 games played. He finished with 3.83 goals against average and over 16,000 minutes played in a Chicago jersey. Bannerman is also fourth on the all-time Blackhawks' goaltender playoff statistics list with 20 wins and 40 games played.

Post-playing career

Bannerman resides and works in the Chicago area. He still follows the Hawks and has many great memories of his time wearing the Indianhead. He fondly recalls the intensity of the fans back at the old Chicago Stadium. He also does periodic work for the Blackhawk Alumni Association.

As of 2019, Bannerman is the vice president of sales at the USA at Traffic Tech, Inc. a Montreal-based transportation and logistics provider.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GPWLTMinGASOGAASV% GPWLTMinGASOGAASV%
1972–73 St. James Canadians MJHL 31177810413.51
1973–74 St. James Canadians MJHL 179306904.45.895
1973–74 Winnipeg Clubs WCHL 62582906.74.793
1974–75 Winnipeg Clubs WCHL 283125135111305.02.847
1975–76 Assiniboine Park Monarchs MJHL 84802212.75.904
1975–76 Victoria Cougars WCHL 4423153245017814.36.860 157538785003.42
1976–77 Victoria Cougars WCHL 67389326224.04.893 42342005.13.861
1977–78 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 44243513313.28 63352604.66
1977–78 Vancouver Canucks NHL 100020000.001.000
1978–79 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 4722145255715203.57.881 3111221004.92
1979–80 New Brunswick Hawks AHL 6132205336118633.32.874 1710610495102.92
1980–81 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 1521028636204.31.866
1981–82 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 2911124166711614.18.867 10545553503.79.886
1982–83 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 4124125245712743.10.901 8444803204.01.866
1983–84 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 5623294332618823.39.887 5232991703.41.900
1984–85 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 6027254336421503.84.883 15969037204.79.868
1985–86 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 4820196268020114.50.869 20182906.65.775
1986–87 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 399188205314204.15.873
1987–88 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 416215201415404.59.865
1987–88 Saginaw Hawks IHL 30201401506.43
NHL totals 2891161253316,427105183.84.880 402018231916504.27.873

Awards and achievements

  • MJHL Second All-Star Team (1973)
  • MJHL top goaltender (1973)

References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
  2. Payeur, Joey (April 26, 2017). "Goalie named to Manitoba Hall of Fame". fftimes.com. Retrieved March 24, 2021. These days, Bannerman serves as vice-president of sales in the U.S. for Traffic Tech, Inc., a transportation and logistics provider based out of Montreal with offices in, among other places, Chicago.
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