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Thomas Patrick Barrasso (born March 31, 1965) is an
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professional
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coach and former professional ice hockey
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. He played in the
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(NHL) for 18 seasons. He began his time in the NHL with the
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, who selected him fifth overall in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft out of high school. He was traded to the
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in 1988, where he would best be remembered and spend the majority of his career. He spent parts of 12 seasons with the Penguins, and was a
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champion in
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and
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. After being traded to the
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in March 2000 and sitting out the 2000–01 season, his final two seasons were split playing for the
Carolina Hurricanes The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, ...
,
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, and
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. He was inducted into the
United States Hockey Hall of Fame The United States Hockey Hall of Fame was established in 1973 with the goal of preserving the history of ice hockey in the United States while recognizing the extraordinary contributions of select players, coaches, administrators, officials and ...
in 2009. After retiring as a player, Barrasso served on the coaching staff of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes. In 2012, Barrasso was hired by
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of the
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(KHL) as a member of its coaching staff. In 2016 he joined
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of the
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as their head coach, winning the 2017–18 league championship. In October 2018, Barrasso was hired as head coach of the
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's
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.


Playing career


Early career

Barrasso grew up in the town of
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, playing
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on an outdoor rink. He started playing goaltender at the age of five years and by the time he was a teenager, was playing in net for Acton-Boxborough with fellow NHL players Bob Sweeney and
Jeff Norton Jeffrey Thomas Norton (born November 25, 1965) is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Norton was selected in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Isla ...
. Barrasso was considered one of the most promising American goaltending prospects of all time. He was drafted by the
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with the 5th overall pick in 1983. Skipping a college career, he went straight from high school to the NHL. At the time of his debut with the Sabres on October 5, 1983, less than six months after graduating from high school, Barrasso was the youngest goaltender to play and win a game in the NHL since Harry Lumley nearly forty years prior. He won the
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and
Vezina Trophy The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's (NHL) goaltender who is "adjudged to be the best at this position". At the end of each season, the thirty-two NHL general managers vote to determine the winner. It is named in ...
in his first season, becoming the third player to win both awards in the same year.


Pittsburgh Penguins

On November 12, 1988, the Sabres traded Barrasso with a 3rd round draft pick in the 1990 draft ( Joe Dziedzic) to the
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for
Doug Bodger Douglas Paul Bodger (born June 18, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League. Selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins ninth overall in the 1984 NHL Draft he would play in over 1,000 games in the NHL w ...
and
Darrin Shannon Darrin Arthur Shannon (born December 8, 1969) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played for the Buffalo Sabres and the Winnipeg Jets/ Phoenix Coyotes. He is the younger brother of Darryl Shannon and has 3 daughters with his w ...
. He won the
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twice, in
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and
1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
. It was his play in these Cup runs that established him as a "money goalie". In the following years, Barrasso almost entirely missed two seasons, the
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and the
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with injuries but came back with good performances in the next years. In 1997, he became the first American goaltender to record 300 NHL wins. A fiercely proud competitor, in his later seasons in Pittsburgh he developed a strained relationship with the local media, who he felt were disrespectful of him and his family. This probably factors into why his #35 was not retired by the Penguins (current starting goaltender
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currently wears #35), as only Mario Lemieux's and
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's jerseys are retired, while
Jaromír Jágr Jaromír Jágr (; born 15 February 1972) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger for and the owner of Rytíři Kladno of the Czech Extraliga (ELH). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Pittsburgh Penguins, ...
's number has been removed from circulation with intentions to retire it in the future.


Last years

In March 2000, he was traded to the
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for
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and Janne Laukkanen in a deal that was seen as a risk for both teams. He was uneven in Ottawa, going 3-4 in seven starts and losing the first two games of Ottawa's first round series with rivals Toronto before bouncing back and winning the next two games to even the series. After evening the series, he caused a furor during the CBC's broadcast when he said during an on-air interview that "I really couldn't give a shit what you people have to say". Barrasso would later apologize for using vulgar language, although he stood by his sentiments in the interview, stating the year had been very stressful for him. The Senators would go on to lose the next two games and the series to the Maple Leafs in six games. After his playoff run with Ottawa, Barrasso's contract ran out and he did not to re-sign with the Senators. He then spent the entire 2000–01 season out of hockey and returned with the
Carolina Hurricanes The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, ...
in time for the 2001–02 season. He enjoyed some late international success, winning Silver at the
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. In his last few seasons he briefly played for several teams, the
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, the
Carolina Hurricanes The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, ...
, the
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, and the
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until retiring from ice hockey in 2003. He signed a ''
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'' contract with Pittsburgh on the day he declared retirement so he could leave hockey as a Penguin.


International play

Barrasso won an Olympic silver medal as part of the U.S. national men's ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Games in
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. He played in one game, an 8–1 victory over
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on February 18. Barrasso had originally intended to play for the 1984 U.S. Olympic team in
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, but chose to begin his professional career instead and left the team in September 1983 to sign with the Sabres. He made his debut for Team USA at the 1984 Canada Cup, at the age of 19. He also played in the 1983 World Junior Championships, the
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and the
1987 Canada Cup The 1987 Labatt Canada Cup was a professional international ice hockey tournament held from August 28 to September 15, 1987. The finals took place in Montreal on September 11 and Hamilton, on September 13 and September 15, and were won by Team ...
.


Coaching career

Barrasso was goaltending coach (2007–09) and later assistant coach (2009–11) of the
Carolina Hurricanes The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference, ...
. In the 2012–13 season he moved to
KHL The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs b ...
's
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as assistant coach. During the Summer of 2015 Slovan Bratislava hired Barrasso as goaltending coach, but on October 31 he left the team and moved to Italy's Valpellice as head coach. The team won the ''
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'', but refused to join the newly founded
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. Barrasso, however, did not leave Italy: he moved to
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as head coach. Barrasso was named as head coach of the
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in the
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in October 2018. On 26 June 2021, Barrasso was named as head coach of HC Varese in the IHL


Personal life

Barrasso and his wife Megan have three daughters, Ashley, Kelsey and Mallory. Barrasso founded the Ashley Barrasso Cancer Research Fund during the early 1990s after his oldest daughter survived a bout with
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cancer.


Records

* Most NHL assists by a goaltender (career) – 48Puck Prospectus - In the Crease
* Most NHL points by a goaltender (career) – 48 * Shares record for most consecutive wins in one NHL regular season – 14 (March 9, 1993 to April 9, 1993) * Most consecutive NHL playoff wins – 14 (May 9, 1992 to April 22, 1993) * Shares record for most consecutive wins in one NHL playoff season – 11 in 1992 * Shares record for most wins in one NHL playoff season – 16 (1992) * Most playoff wins by an American goaltender – 61


Career statistics


Regular season and playoffs


International


Awards and achievements

*
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Calder Memorial Trophy The Calder Memorial Trophy is an annual award given "to the player selected as the most proficient in his first year of competition in the National Hockey League (NHL)." It is named after Frank Calder, the first president of the NHL. Serving as ...
(Top rookie in NHL) * 1984 –
Vezina Trophy The Vezina Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's (NHL) goaltender who is "adjudged to be the best at this position". At the end of each season, the thirty-two NHL general managers vote to determine the winner. It is named in ...
(Top goaltender in NHL) * 1984 –
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*
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– NHL Second All-Star Team * 1985 –
William M. Jennings Trophy The William M. Jennings Trophy is an annual National Hockey League (NHL) award given to "the goaltender(s) having played a minimum of 25 games for the team with the fewest goals scored against it ... based on regular-season play." From 1946 until ...
(Team with fewest goals allowed – shared with
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) *
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– Played in
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*
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Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup (french: La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It is the oldest existing trophy to be awarded to a professional sports franchise in North America, an ...
champion (
Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as the Pens) are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference, and have playe ...
) *
1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, California after the Police brutality, police beating of Rodney King; El Al Flight 1862 crashes into a residential apartment buildi ...
– Stanley Cup champion (Pittsburgh Penguins) *
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– NHL Second All-Star Team * #17 all time in Wins in regular season with (369). * #9 all time in Saves with (22090) in regular season career. * #13 all time in Playoff Wins with (61). * #3 all time in NHL wins by a US born Goaltender (369

* 2002 – Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Olympic ice hockey silver medalist (Team USA) * 2007 – Inducted into the
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* 2009 – Inducted into the
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* 2015 –
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champion (
Hockey Club Valpellice HC Valpellice Bulldogs, nicknamed "La Valpe", is a professional ice hockey team in Torre Pellice, near Turin, Italy. The team plays in the country's top division, Serie A. Serie A is also sponsored by Reebok, which provides free equipment and spor ...
) * 2018 –
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champion (
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) * 2003 – Member of the Pittsburgh Penguins Ring of Honor that formerly circled the
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References


External links

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Tom Barrasso's profile at Hockeydraftcentral.com
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