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Goalie News Edition 33

Bobrovsky One Win From Passing Lundqvist, Hockey Canada Hires Dustin Schwartz as Head of Goaltending

Plus: Carter Esler is the WHL's goalie of the month, Jake Sibell takes the ECHL's monthly and weekly awards, Lucas Beckman is the QMJHL's player of the week, and to close, Bernie Parent's 42-save NHL debut against Glenn Hall

David Hutchison | 6 min read
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In this edition 9 stories

NHL

  1. Bobrovsky can pass Lundqvist for the most wins by a goalie born outside North America
  2. Around the league

ECHL

  1. Jake Sibell is the league's goalie of the month and of the week

Coaches

  1. Hockey Canada hires Dustin Schwartz as its head of goaltending

Junior

  1. Carter Esler is the WHL's goalie of the month as Spokane leads the West

Goalies of the week

  1. Newlove, Beckman, and Sibell

History

  1. Bernie Parent's NHL debut was a 42-save night against Glenn Hall

Birthdays

  1. O'Neill and Rinne

New on InGoal

  1. Mike Ayers on coaching Demko, Woll, and Fowler
Goalies in this edition 9 goalies

Every goalie named in this edition, from the NHL to junior and college.

NHL: Sergei Bobrovsky (Toronto Maple Leafs), Henrik Lundqvist (New York Rangers), Tristan Jarry (Edmonton Oilers), Dustin Wolf (Calgary Flames), Daniil Tarasov (Detroit Red Wings)

ECHL: Jake Sibell (Tulsa Oilers)

Junior: Carter Esler (Spokane Chiefs), Michael Newlove (Windsor Spitfires), Lucas Beckman (Cape Breton Eagles)

NHLBobrovsky can pass Lundqvist for the most wins by a goalie born outside North America

Sergei Bobrovsky and Henrik Lundqvist share sixth place on the NHL’s all-time list with 459 regular-season wins, and Toronto is expected to start Bobrovsky on Tuesday at Scotiabank Arena against the Utah Mammoth. A win would put the goalie from Novokuznetsk, Russia, sixth on his own and make him the winningest goalie in league history born outside North America. Former Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin put him in small company: “He’s played at the level of very few European goalies.” Auston Matthews called him “such a true professional” and added, “I just can’t say enough good things about him” (NHL.com).

By InGoal’s count from the NHL’s career stats, Bobrovsky has got there 71 games sooner: his 459 wins have come in 816 regular-season games, and Lundqvist finished his career with 459 in 887. Every goalie above them was born in Canada: Martin Brodeur (691), Marc-André Fleury (575), Patrick Roy (551), Roberto Luongo (489), and Ed Belfour (484).

On InGoal: Our Oct. 20 edition had him closing in on Lundqvist, and Bobrovsky’s unique stick grip and how it helps his blocker.

NHLAround the league

  • Tristan Jarry is the NHL’s second star of the week after going 2-0-1 for Edmonton with a 0.97 goals-against average and a .957 save percentage. His back-to-back shutouts, in our Nov. 1 edition, were the third pair of his career and his first since November 2021 with Pittsburgh (NHL.com).
  • Dustin Wolf stopped 26 of 27 shots and was first star of Calgary’s 2-1 win in San Jose on Monday. He is now 11-2-0 in his career against the Sharks (NHL.com).
  • Daniil Tarasov made 23 saves against Florida, his team last season, in Detroit’s 5-3 win at the Panthers on Monday (NHL.com).

On InGoal: Dustin Wolf’s Pro Reads.

ECHLJake Sibell is the league's goalie of the month and of the week

Tulsa’s Jake Sibell won all four of his October appearances, with a 1.00 goals-against average, a .970 save percentage, and two shutouts, and on Monday the ECHL named him its goaltender of the month. He leads the league in save percentage and shares the lead in shutouts and goals-against average (ECHL).

The same day he was named goaltender of the week for Oct. 26 to Nov. 1, when the Oilers went 4-0 with him in goal: 41 saves against Allen, shutouts of Wichita on back-to-back nights with 32 and 26 saves, and 31 more in an overtime win in Wichita. Sibell, 26, is from Isanti, Minnesota, and played college hockey at St. Thomas and Niagara (ECHL).

CoachesHockey Canada hires Dustin Schwartz as its head of goaltending

Dustin Schwartz, the Edmonton Oilers’ goaltending coach from 2015-16 through 2024-25, is Hockey Canada’s new head of goaltending. The job takes in the evaluation, selection, mentoring, and development of Canada’s national-team goalies, the country’s grassroots goaltending development, and new goaltending camps and symposiums. From 2027 he will also coach the goalies on some of Canada’s national teams. “It is an honour to be hired by Hockey Canada,” Schwartz said of what he called “this new goaltending program.” Scott Salmond, Hockey Canada’s senior vice-president of high performance and hockey operations, said the organization was “thrilled to welcome him to Hockey Canada to oversee our goaltending department” (Daily Hive).

A trained teacher who played goal in the WHL and U SPORTS, Schwartz told InGoal Radio in 2020 that he builds his teaching around tracking, movement, and positioning, and he took part that year in a WHL and Hockey Canada goaltending symposium that InGoal presented.

On InGoal: InGoal Radio Episode 75 with Dustin Schwartz.

JuniorCarter Esler is the WHL's goalie of the month as Spokane leads the West

Spokane Chiefs goalie Carter Esler, from Okotoks, Alberta, went 9-0-0-1 in September and October with a 1.76 goals-against average and a .931 save percentage, and the WHL named him its goaltender of the month on Monday. He gave up two goals or fewer in eight of his 10 starts and leads qualified WHL goalies in goals-against average. The Chiefs are 10-1-0-1, first in the Western Conference, and have allowed 24 goals in 12 games, the fewest in the league (WHL).

Goalies of the weekNewlove, Beckman, and Sibell

  • OHL: Windsor’s Michael Newlove, 19, is the OHL’s goaltender of the week for the three straight shutouts in our Nov. 2 edition: 81 saves on 81 shots, plus an assist in Owen Sound, and a scoreless run of 183:41 (OHL).
  • QMJHL: Cape Breton’s Lucas Beckman, 19, an Ottawa Senators draft pick (fourth round, 2025), is the QMJHL’s player of the week after two wins with a .964 save percentage, including 32 saves and first star against Saint John on Sunday. He won the league title with Chicoutimi last spring before Cape Breton acquired him (QMJHL).
  • ECHL: Tulsa’s Jake Sibell, 4-0 with two shutouts, also the league’s goalie of October (above).

HistoryBernie Parent's NHL debut was a 42-save night against Glenn Hall

On this day in 1965, a 20-year-old Bernie Parent played his first NHL game, for the Boston Bruins at Chicago Stadium. At the other end was Glenn Hall. Chicago outshot Boston 44-30, and Parent stopped 42 in a 2-2 tie, according to the NHL’s game records. Boston left him unprotected in the 1967 expansion draft, and with Philadelphia he won the Stanley Cup and the Conn Smythe Trophy in both 1974 and 1975. He went into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1984 and passed away in September 2025 at 80 (Wikipedia).

On InGoal: Parent was our guest on InGoal Radio in December 2020, and we paid tribute to him in Episode 322 after he passed away. His career and records are on his goaltender profile.

Also on Nov. 3

  • 1938: Hall of Famer Frank Brimsek won his NHL debut for Boston, 3-2 in Toronto against Turk Broda.
  • 1945: Hall of Famer Chuck Rayner won his first game for the New York Rangers, 1 goal against in Toronto.
  • 1956: Jacques Plante earned his 20th regular-season shutout, 28 saves for Montreal against Chicago.
  • 1989: Kirk McLean played his 100th regular-season game, for Vancouver against Winnipeg.
  • 2006: Dwayne Roloson played his 300th regular-season game, for Edmonton against Dallas.
  • 2017: Cam Talbot won his 100th NHL game, 31 saves for Edmonton against New Jersey.
  • 2017: Rasmus Reijola of RoKi scored a goal, hitting Espoo United’s empty net at 58:20 to finish a 6-3 road win in Finland’s Mestis, according to Finnish Wikipedia.
  • 2019: Robin Lehner won his 100th NHL game, 36 saves for Chicago in Anaheim.
  • 2025: Tristan Jarry played his 300th regular-season game, for Pittsburgh in Toronto.

The NHL game details in this list come from the NHL’s game records at NHL Records.

On InGoal: Episode 29 with Mr. Goalie, Glenn Hall, Episode 169 with Kirk McLean, Episode 301 with Dwayne Roloson, and Episode 52 with Robin Lehner.

BirthdaysO'Neill and Rinne

Happy birthday to former Winnipeg Jets and Mighty Ducks of Anaheim goalie Michael O’Neill (59) and 2026 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Pekka Rinne (44) of the Nashville Predators.

The Predators honour Rinne tonight in Nashville as a Hockey Hall of Fame honoree, six days before his induction in Toronto. Warming up a goalie this morning, Predators goaltending coach Ben Vanderklok wore a No. 35 Rinne hat (Max Herz, 102.5 The Game).

New on InGoalMike Ayers on coaching Demko, Woll, and Fowler

InGoal Radio Episode 375 features Boston College goalie coach Mike Ayers, who worked with Thatcher Demko, Joseph Woll, and Jacob Fowler, on how he started in goal and how his coaching has changed, with a bonus visit with 93-year-old goalie John Snesar. Listen: Mike Ayers: Coaching Demko, Woll, and Fowler, Plus 93-Year-Old Goalie John Snesar (Ep. 375).

In the parent segment, PWHL goalie coaches Joey Ali of the Vancouver Goldeneyes and Brad Fogal of the Toronto Sceptres explain how a young goalie on the bench can keep learning by watching. Read: How Can Goalies Learn From the Bench? PWHL Coaches Answer.

And the gear segment reviews Warrior’s Cabin Fever stick, a retro wood-grain graphic on a V-series build at C$179.99. Read: Warrior Cabin Fever Goalie Stick Review.

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