Guy Andre Hebert (; born January 7, 1967) is an American former professional
ice hockey
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goaltender. He is a graduate of
La Salle Institute
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in Troy and
Hamilton College in
Clinton
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,
New York
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. Despite being an American, he uses the
French
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pronunciation of his first and last name. During his
National Hockey League
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(NHL) career he played for the
St. Louis Blues,
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and
New York Rangers
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. Hebert currently works as associate host on
Bally Sports Prime Ticket Prime Ticket may refer to:
* Bally Sports West, a regional sports network that was known as Prime Ticket from 1985 to 1995
* Bally Sports SoCal
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for
Anaheim Ducks
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...
home games.
NHL career
Hebert was drafted by the
St. Louis Blues in 1987, when he was a sophomore at
Hamilton College. Hebert earned First Team All-America honors during his senior season at Hamilton College, with a record of 18 wins and 7 losses. Hebert started his professional career with the
Peoria Rivermen Peoria Rivermen is the name of four minor league hockey clubs:
*Peoria Rivermen (IHL), named as such 1984–1996, formerly the Peoria Prancers 1982–1984
*Peoria Rivermen (ECHL), 1996–2005
*Peoria Rivermen (AHL), 2005–2013
*Peoria Rivermen (SP ...
of the
International Hockey League (IHL), and in his second season won the IHL Championship, the
Turner Cup, in 1990-91. Hebert was called up to the St. Louis Blues in December 1991 and won his first NHL start against the
Buffalo Sabres
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, 6-3 on December 11, 1991. With Peoria, Hebert was named as an IHL Second Team All Star and also shared the IHL's
James Norris Memorial Trophy with
Pat Jablonski
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the same year.
Hebert was the first pick of the
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the
1993 NHL Expansion Draft
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. Hebert's first head coach with Anaheim was
Ron Wilson, who had coached Hebert in the 1990
Goodwill Games
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. Hebert played with the Ducks organization from its inaugural season in 1993 until midway through the
2000–01 NHL season
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, when he was placed on waivers and claimed by the
New York Rangers
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. At that time he was the last of the original Ducks still with Anaheim. Hebert played in thirteen games for the Rangers before retiring in 2001. Hebert still ranks first or second in every major goalkeeping statistic of the Ducks franchise and led the team to its first NHL playoff appearance and series win with a Game 7 shutout (3-0) against the
Phoenix Coyotes
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in the 1996-97 playoffs. While with Anaheim, Hebert was selected to the
1997 NHL All-Star Game
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.
International career
Hebert was selected to the
United States national team
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for the
1990 Goodwill Games
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, winning the silver medal in a shootout against Russia. He played for the United States at the
1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
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in Italy, as the US team beat Russia for the first time since the
Miracle on Ice
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in 1980, and Hebert earned
USA Hockey
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's Bob Johnson Award. Hebert played for the United States team that won the
1996 World Cup of Hockey
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Inaugural ''World Cup of Hockey''
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, and also for the United States at the
1998 Winter Olympics
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, where they finished sixth.
Post-playing career
Today Hebert works for
Fox Sports West and Prime Ticket as a television hockey analyst for the Anaheim Ducks.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hebert, Guy
1967 births
Living people
American men's ice hockey goaltenders
Hamilton Continentals men's ice hockey players
Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim players
National Hockey League All-Stars
New York Rangers players
Olympic ice hockey players of the United States
Sportspeople from Troy, New York
Peoria Rivermen (IHL) players
St. Louis Blues draft picks
St. Louis Blues players
Ice hockey players from New York (state)
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games