The Los Angeles Kings' goaltending record book belongs to one man. Whether it is a regular-season or postseason record, practically every significant franchise mark for goalies is held by Quick.
The Milford, Conn., native added to his team records with 40 wins in 2015-16, but his career with the Kings has not just been about individual achievements. He has also helped Los Angeles twice win the Stanley Cup. The first championship came in 2012, in a season where Quick also played in his first NHL All-Star Game, made the NHL Second All-Star Team, was a Vezina Trophy finalist and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
The Los Angeles Kings' goaltending record book belongs to one man. Whether it is a regular-season or postseason record, practically every significant franchise mark for goalies is held by Quick.
The Milford, Conn., native added to his team records with 40 wins in 2015-16, but his career with the Kings has not just been about individual achievements. He has also helped Los Angeles twice win the Stanley Cup. The first championship came in 2012, in a season where Quick also played in his first NHL All-Star Game, made the NHL Second All-Star Team, was a Vezina Trophy finalist and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.
An aggressive, low-to-the-ice goalie who likes to challenge shooters, Quick relies on superb, post-to-post athleticism. Selected by Los Angeles in the third round (No. 72) in the 2005 NHL Draft, Quick spent two seasons at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst before a fairly rapid rise as a pro through the East Coast Hockey League and the American Hockey League. He made his NHL debut against the Buffalo Sabres on Dec. 6, 2007, stopping 15 of 17 shots in the victory, and played in three games for Los Angeles that season.
As a rookie in 2008-09, Quick got his first NHL shutout on Dec. 23, 2008 in his fourth career start, stopping 24 shots in a 3-0 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Quick played 44 NHL games that season, tying a Kings rookie record with four shutouts and finishing third among first-year NHL goalies with 21 wins, a .914 save percentage and 2.48 goals-against average.
In 2009-10 Quick set franchise records with 72 appearances and 71 starts. His 39 wins that season would stand as the team mark until he broke it six seasons later. Quick stopped 41 of 44 shots in his Stanley Cup Playoff debut in 2010, a 3-2 overtime loss in Game 1 of the first round against the Vancouver Canucks.
In 2012 he led all goalies in the postseason with 16 wins, a 1.41 GAA and a .946 save percentage as the Kings won the Stanley Cup. In 2014, Quick helped the Kings win their second title after a regular season in which he won the Jennings Trophy for allowing the fewest goals in the League.
On Oct. 24, 2007, Quick enjoyed a minor-league moment for the ages when he became the second goaltender in ECHL history to get his first win and first shutout and score a goal in the same game.
