| Phil Myre | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 1, 1948 Ste. Anne de Bellevue, PQ, CAN |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) |
| Position | Goaltender |
| Caught | Left |
| Played for | Montreal Canadiens Atlanta Flames St. Louis Blues Philadelphia Flyers Colorado Rockies Buffalo Sabres |
| National team | Canada |
| NHL Draft | 5th overall, 1966 Montreal Canadiens |
| Playing career | 1968–1984 |
Philip Lewis Myre (born November 1, 1948) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender.
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Originally selected by the Montreal Canadiens in the 1966 NHL Entry Draft, Myre played parts of three seasons with the Canadiens. In 1970-71, because of an injury to Rogatien Vachon, he played 30 regular season games and dressed in 70. However, during the playoffs, the Canadiens went with rookie Ken Dryden. When Montreal won the Cup, Myre on the team picture and was given Stanley Cup ring. However, his name was left off the Cup, even though he qualified, because he did not dress for any playoff games.
He was claimed by the Atlanta Flames in the 1972 NHL Expansion Draft, where he would play for almost six seasons. Although Myre began as the starting goaltender for the expansion club, he spent most of his time in Atlanta backing up Dan Bouchard. Myre would also play for the St. Louis Blues, Philadelphia Flyers, Colorado Rockies, and Buffalo Sabres.
The goaltending tandem of Myre and rookie Pete Peeters backstopped the Flyers to a 35-game undefeated streak during the 1979–80 NHL season, an NHL record. Myres saw some action in the playoffs that year, but Peeters played every minute in the Finals, in which the Flyers lost to the New York Islanders in six games.
After his playing career ended in 1984, Myre moved into coaching, and was a scout and goaltending coach for the Florida Panthers.[1]
Season Team Lge GP Min GA SO GAA W L T SV SV% ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966-67 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA 33 N/A 135 1 4.03 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1968-69 Houston Apollos CHL 53 3150 150 2 2.83 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1969-70 Montreal Voyageurs AHL 15 900 37 0 2.47 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 1969-70 Montreal Canadiens NHL 10 503 19 0 2.27 4 3 2 N/A N/A 1970-71 Montreal Canadiens NHL 30 1677 87 1 3.11 13 11 4 824 0.905 1971-72 Montreal Canadiens NHL 9 528 32 0 3.63 4 5 0 N/A N/A 1972-73 Atlanta Flames NHL 46 2736 138 2 3.03 16 23 5 N/A N/A 1973-74 Atlanta Flames NHL 36 2020 112 0 3.33 11 16 6 N/A N/A 1974-75 Atlanta Flames NHL 40 2400 114 5 2.85 14 16 10 1139 0.909 1975-76 Atlanta Flames NHL 37 2129 123 1 3.47 16 16 4 948 0.885 1976-77 Atlanta Flames NHL 43 2422 124 3 3.07 17 17 7 N/A N/A 1977-78 Atlanta Flames NHL 9 523 43 0 4.93 2 7 0 N/A N/A 1977-78 St. Louis Blues NHL 44 2620 159 1 3.64 11 25 8 N/A N/A 1978-79 St. Louis Blues NHL 39 2259 163 1 4.33 9 22 8 N/A N/A 1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 41 2367 141 0 3.57 18 7 15 N/A N/A 1980-81 Colorado Rockies NHL 10 580 33 0 3.41 3 6 1 N/A N/A 1980-81 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 16 900 61 0 4.07 6 5 4 N/A N/A 1981-82 Fort Worth Texans CHL 10 615 40 0 3.90 4 5 1 321 0.889 1981-82 Colorado Rockies NHL 24 1256 112 0 5.35 2 17 2 557 0.833 1982-83 Rochester Americans AHL 43 2541 156 0 3.68 28 8 5 N/A N/A 1982-83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 5 300 21 0 4.20 3 2 0 131 0.862 1983-84 Rochester Americans AHL N/A 1801 104 3 3.46 19 9 1 N/A N/A
| Preceded by Pierre Bouchard |
Montreal Canadiens first round draft pick 1966 |
Succeeded by Elgin McCann |