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The Honourable
Ken Dryden
PC OC
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1983
Dryden with the Montreal Voyageurs c. 1970
Born (1947-08-08)August 8, 1947
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Died September 5, 2025(2025-09-05) (aged 78)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for Montreal Canadiens
National team  Canada
NHL draft 14th overall, 1964
Boston Bruins
Playing career 1970–1979
Minister of Social Development
In office
July 20, 2004 – February 5, 2006
Prime MinisterPaul Martin
Preceded byLiza Frulla
Succeeded byDiane Finley
Member of Parliament
for York Centre
In office
June 28, 2004 – May 1, 2011
Preceded byArt Eggleton
Succeeded byMark Adler
Personal details
Political partyLiberal
SpouseLynda Dryden
Alma materCornell University (BA)
McGill University (LLB)

Kenneth Wayne Dryden PC OC (August 8, 1947 – September 5, 2025) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, politician, lawyer, businessman and author. He played for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1971 to 1979, winning the Stanley Cup six times, the Vezina Trophy as the goaltender on the team allowing the fewest goals five times, and the Conn Smythe Trophy along with the Calder Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player of the playoffs and rookie of the year respectively over the course of his rookie campaign. He was elected as member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983. Thereafter, Dryden served as a Liberal Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011 and was appointed Minister of Social Development from 2004 to 2006 for which he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.[1] In 2017, the NHL commemorated him as one of the league's 100 Greatest Players.[2][3] He received the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2020.[4]

Early life and education

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Dryden was born in Hamilton, Ontario[5] to parents Murray Dryden (1911–2004) and Margaret Adelia Campbell (1912–1985), and was raised in Islington, then a suburb of Toronto. He played with the Etobicoke Indians of the Metro Junior B Hockey League as well as the Humber Valley Packers of the Metro Toronto Hockey League.[6][7]

Dryden was drafted fourteenth overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1964 NHL amateur draft.[8] Days later, on June 28,[9] the Bruins traded Dryden, along with Alex Campbell, to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for Paul Reid and Guy Allen.[8] Dryden was told by his agent that he had been drafted by the Canadiens and did not find out until the mid-1970s that he had been drafted by the Bruins.[10]

Rather than play for the Canadiens in 1964, Dryden pursued a Bachelor of Arts in History at Cornell University, where he also played collegiately until his graduation in 1969. He backstopped the Cornell Big Red to the 1967 NCAA championship and to three consecutive ECAC tournament championships, winning 76 of his 81 varsity starts. At Cornell, he was a member of the Quill and Dagger society.[11] He also was a member of the Canada national team that participated at the 1969 World Championships tournament held in Stockholm.[12]

Dryden's jersey number 1 was retired by the Cornell Big Red on February 25, 2010; along with Joe Nieuwendyk, he is one of two players to have their numbers retired by Cornell's hockey program.[13]

Playing career

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Dryden made his NHL debut on March 14, 1971, against the Pittsburgh Penguins at Civic Arena. The Canadiens won the game 5–1, with Dryden stopping 35 of 36 shots.[14] He was called up from the minors late in the season and played only six regular season games, nonetheless posting an impressive 1.65 goals against average (GAA). This earned him the starting goaltending job for the playoffs ahead of veteran Rogie Vachon, and he helped the Canadiens to win the Stanley Cup. He also won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs. He helped the Habs win the Stanley Cup five more times, in 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979.[15]

The following season, Dryden won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the rookie of the year having not been eligible the previous year due to not playing enough regular season games. With this, he is to date the only player in league history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy before winning the rookie of the year award as well as the only goaltender to capture both the Conn Smythe and the Stanley Cup before losing a regular season game.[3] In the autumn of 1972, Dryden played for Canada in the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union national team.[16]

White hockey jersey with red and blue numbers and trim hanging from a shelf with a goalkeeper mask and padded equipment
A replica Ken Dryden jersey at the Montreal Canadiens locker room display at the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Dryden played from 1971 to 1979, with a break during the entire 1973–74 season; he was unhappy with the contract that the Canadiens offered him, which he considered less than his market worth, given that he had won the Stanley Cup and Vezina Trophy. With this, he instead articled for a Toronto-based law firm in order to meet requirements for his Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree received from McGill University in 1973.[17] He announced on September 14, 1973, that he was joining Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt, earning $135 a week.[18] During this time, Dryden also interned with Ralph Nader's Public Citizen organization. Inspired by Nader's call in Action for a Change for establishing Public Interest Research Groups, he tried to establish the Ontario Public Interest Research Group in the province of Ontario.[19] Despite his absence, the Canadiens still had a good year, going 45–24–9, but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the New York Rangers in six games. The team allowed 56 more goals in the 1973–74 season than they had the year before with Dryden.[20] He retired for the last time on July 9, 1979.[21]

Compared to those of most other great hockey players, Dryden's NHL career was very short: just over seven full seasons. Thus, he did not amass record totals in most statistical categories. As he played all his years with a dynasty and retired before he passed his prime, his statistical percentages are unparalleled. His regular season totals include a 74.3 winning percentage, a 2.24 GAA, a .922 save percentage, along with 46 shutouts in just 397 NHL games. He won the Vezina Trophy five times which, at the time, was awarded to the goaltender on the team who allowed the fewest goals. He would also likewise be selected as a First Team All-Star in each of his Vezina-winning campaigns. In 1998, he was ranked number 25 on The Hockey News' list of the Top 100 NHL Players of All Time, a remarkable achievement for a player with a comparatively brief career.[22]

At 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), Dryden was so tall that when the puck was at the opposite end of the ice, he struck what became his trademark pose – leaning upon his stick.[23] He was known as the "four-storey goalie," and was once referred to as "that thieving giraffe" by Boston Bruins superstar Phil Esposito, in reference to Dryden's skill and height. Unbeknownst to him, his pose was exactly the same as the one struck by fellow Canadiens goaltender, Georges Vézina, 60 years prior.[citation needed]

Dryden was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983, as soon as he was eligible. His sweater number 29 was retired by the Canadiens on January 29, 2007. He was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.[24]

Post-playing career

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Writing

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Dryden wrote one book during his hockey career: Face-Off at the Summit. It was a diary about Canada's team in the 1972 Summit Series. The book has been out of print for many years.[citation needed]

After retiring from hockey Dryden wrote several more books. The Game (1983)[8] was a commercial and critical success, and was nominated for a Governor General's Award in 1983. His next book, Home Game: Hockey and Life in Canada (1990), written with Roy MacGregor, was developed into an award-winning Canadian Broadcasting Corporation six-part documentary series for television. His fourth book was The Moved and the Shaken: The Story of One Man's Life (1993). His fifth book, In School: Our Kids, Our Teachers, Our Classrooms (1995), written with Roy MacGregor, was about Canada's educational system. Becoming Canada (2010) argued for a new definition of Canada and its unique place in the world.[citation needed]

In 2019, he published Scotty: A Hockey Life Like No Other, his biography of his Canadiens coach Scotty Bowman. Dryden says at the beginning that he 'needed to write this book,' because 'Scotty had lived a truly unique life. He has experienced almost everything in hockey, up close, for the best part of a century - and his is a life that no one else will live again. It's a life that had to be captured. And it needs to be captured now, because time is moving on.'[25]

Feeling that Bowman was 'too practical and focused' to be a natural storyteller, Dryden instead asked Bowman to think like a coach and select the 8 greatest teams of all time (but only one per dynasty) and explain what he thought about them, how we coach against them but also what was happening in his life at that time and through that process, Bowman's story would be told.[citation needed]

Commentator

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Bronze statue of an ice hockey netminder standing while leaning on a hockey stick
A statue of Ken Dryden in Saint-Laurent, Quebec featuring his signature resting position.

Dryden worked as a television hockey commentator at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Winter Olympics. He served as a colour commentator with play-by-play man Al Michaels for ABC's coverage of the "Miracle on Ice".[23] Immediately before Mike Eruzione's game-winning goal for the US, Dryden expressed his concern that the team was "depending a little bit too much" on goaltender Jim Craig after Craig had just made "too many good saves".[citation needed]

Sports executive

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In 1997, Dryden was hired as president of the Toronto Maple Leafs by minority owner Larry Tanenbaum. Pat Quinn became head coach in 1998, and there were reports that the two men had a frosty relationship. A few months after joining the Leafs, Quinn became general manager, a move thought by some to preempt Dryden from hiring former Canadiens teammate Bob Gainey.[20]

Dryden spoke at the Open Ice Summit in 1999, to discuss improvements needed to ice hockey in Canada. He wanted delegates to accept that progress made at the lower levels and off the ice was important in achieving international results.[26] He was cautious that change would come slowly and be costly, but felt the summit was an important step in making progress.[27] He also urged for the end to persistent abuse of on-ice officials, or Canada would lose 10,000 referees each year. As a result of the summit, Hockey Canada started to educate on the importance of respect for game officials.[28]

On August 29, 2003, with the hiring of John Ferguson, Jr. as general manager, there was a major management shakeup. Majority owner Steve Stavro was bought out by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and he stepped down as chairman in favour of Larry Tanenbaum. Quinn continued as head coach. Dryden's position was abolished, in favour of having both the Leafs' and Raptors' managers reporting directly to MLSE president and CEO Richard Peddie. Dryden was shuffled to the less important role of vice-chairman and given a spot on MLSE's board of directors. This was described by commentators as "sitting outside the loop", as Dryden did not report directly to Leafs ownership.[20][29] He stayed on until 2004 when he resigned to enter politics.[30]

Teaching

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In January 2012, Dryden was appointed a "Special Visitor" at his alma mater McGill University's Institute for the Study of Canada. He taught a Canadian studies course entitled "Thinking the Future to Make the Future," which focused on issues facing Canada in the future and possible solutions to them.[31]

Dryden was selected to present the Charles R. Bronfman Lecture in Canadian Studies at the University of Ottawa in 2000. His lecture, entitled Finding a Way: Legacy for the Past, Recipe for the Future, was subsequently published by the University of Ottawa Press.[32]

Political career

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Dryden joined the Liberal Party of Canada and ran for the House of Commons in the 2004 federal election.[8] He was selected by party leader and Prime Minister Paul Martin as a "star candidate" in the Toronto riding of York Centre, then considered a safe Liberal riding.[33] He had previously attended the 1987 New Democratic Party federal convention, under the leadership of Ed Broadbent.[34]

Dryden was elected by a margin of over 11,000 votes.[35] He was named to Cabinet as Minister of Social Development.[36] He made headlines on February 16, 2005, as the target of a remark by Conservative Member of Parliament Rona Ambrose who said about Dryden, "working women want to make their own choices, we don't need old white guys telling us what to do." Ambrose made the remarks after Dryden commented on a poll that analyzed child care choices by Canadian families.[37] Dryden won generally favourable reviews for his performance in Cabinet.[citation needed]

Dryden was re-elected in the 2006 federal election, while the Liberals were defeated and Paul Martin resigned the party leadership.[38] Interim party and opposition leader Bill Graham named Dryden to his shadow cabinet as health critic.[39]

Dryden's margin of victory in York Centre dwindled in the 2006 and 2008 elections.[40] In the 2011 federal election, he focused his efforts on his own re-election instead of campaigning for other candidates as he did in the past, and he received a visit from former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien. Still, Dryden lost his seat to Conservative candidate Mark Adler by nearly 6,000 votes.[33][41]

2006 leadership campaign

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Middle-aged man wearing a grey suit and white dress shirt
Ken Dryden at the Rise Up for Canada Rally in April 2011

On April 28, 2006, Dryden announced that he would run for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, which would be choosing a successor to Paul Martin at a convention in Montreal on December 2, 2006.[42]

A poll[43] found that Dryden's potential pool of support exceeded that of his opponents, due mainly to his former NHL career. His fundraising fell well below that of top leadership contenders (Michael Ignatieff, Gerard Kennedy, Stéphane Dion and Bob Rae). A variety of media pundits criticized his ponderous speaking style and limited French. Supporters argued that few people were strongly opposed to him and that if he ran he could attract more support on later ballots as a consensus candidate.[citation needed]

At the convention, Dryden came in fifth place on the first ballot with 238 delegates, 4.9% of the vote. On the second ballot, he came in last place with 219 votes (4.7%) and was eliminated. He initially threw his support to Bob Rae, but after Rae was eliminated in the third ballot and released all of his delegates, Dryden endorsed Stéphane Dion, who went on to win the leadership.[citation needed]

According to Elections Canada filings, as of 2013 Dryden's campaign still owed $225,000.[44]

Personal life and death

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Middle-aged man wearing a dark blue suitcoat, black dress shirt, and silver-rimmed eyeglasses
Dryden in October 2023

Dryden and his wife Lynda had two children and four grandchildren.[45] He was a first cousin, twice removed, of Murray Murdoch, another former NHL player and a longtime coach of the Yale Bulldogs hockey team, and Andrew Dryden Blair, who played on the 1931–32 Leafs Stanley Cup winning team. His older brother, Dave, also played in the NHL and the World Hockey Association (WHA) as a goaltender from 1961 to 1980. On March 20, 1971, he played in a home game against his brother who was a backup goaltender at the time for the Buffalo Sabres.[46] The siblings would face each other eight times in total (six games in the regular season and two in the playoffs).[46] He also had a sister, Judy, who worked as a nurse.[47]

On September 5, 2025, Dryden died from cancer in Toronto at the age of 78.[8][48][49]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1963–64 Humber Valley Packers MTHL — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1964–65 Etobicoke Indians MetJHL — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
1966–67 Cornell University ECAC 27 26 0 1 1,646 40 4 1.46 .945 — — — — — — — —
1967–68 Cornell University ECAC 29 25 2 0 1,620 41 6 1.52 .938 — — — — — — — —
1968–69 Cornell University ECAC 27 25 2 0 1,578 47 3 1.79 .936 — — — — — — — —
1970–71 Montreal Voyageurs AHL 33 16 7 8 1,899 84 3 2.68 — — — — — — — — —
1970–71 Montreal Canadiens NHL 6 6 0 0 327 9 0 1.65 .957 20 12 8 1,221 61 0 3.00 .914
1971–72 Montreal Canadiens NHL 64 39 8 15 3,800 142 8 2.24 .930 6 2 4 360 17 0 2.83 .911
1972–73 Montreal Canadiens NHL 54 33 7 13 3,165 119 6 2.26 .926 17 12 5 1,039 50 1 2.89 .908
1974–75 Montreal Canadiens NHL 56 30 9 16 3,320 149 4 2.69 .906 11 6 5 688 29 2 2.53 .916
1975–76 Montreal Canadiens NHL 62 42 10 8 3,580 121 8 2.03 .927 13 12 1 780 25 1 1.92 .929
1976–77 Montreal Canadiens NHL 56 41 6 8 3,275 117 10 2.14 .920 14 12 2 849 22 4 1.55 .932
1977–78 Montreal Canadiens NHL 52 37 7 7 3,071 105 5 2.05 .921 15 12 3 919 29 2 1.89 .920
1978–79 Montreal Canadiens NHL 47 30 10 7 2,814 108 5 2.30 .909 16 12 4 990 41 0 2.48 .900
NHL totals 397 258 57 74 23,330 870 46 2.24 .922 112 80 32 6,846 274 10 2.40 .915

International

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Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA
1969 Canada WC 2 1 1 0 120 4 1 2.00
1972 Canada SS 4 2 2 0 240 19 0 4.75
Senior totals 6 3 3 0 360 23 1 3.83

"Dryden's stats". The Goaltender Home Page. Retrieved August 7, 2017.

Awards and honours

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Dryden's hockey awards and honours include:

Award Year Remark
College
All-ECAC First Team 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
AHCA East All-American 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
ECAC All-Tournament First Team 1967, 1968, 1969
NCAA All-Tournament First Team 1967 [50]
NCAA All-Tournament Second Team 1968, 1969 [50]
No. 1 jersey retired by the Cornell Big Red[a] February 25, 2010
National Hockey League
Conn Smythe Trophy winner 1971
Calder Memorial Trophy winner 1972
Vezina Trophy winner 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979[b]
Stanley Cup champion 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
NHL All-Star Game participant 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Selected to NHL First All-Star Team 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
Selected to NHL Second All-Star Team 1972
Named to league's list of 100 Greatest NHL Players 2017
Montreal Canadiens
No. 29 jersey retired by the franchise January 29, 2007
Miscellaneous
Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame 1983
No. 25 on The Hockey News' list of the Top 100 NHL Players of All Time 1998
Inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame 2011
Appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada 2012
Recipient of the Order of Hockey in Canada 2020 [4]

He received honorary doctoral degrees from several universities,[51] including:

Honorary degree University Year Remark
Honorary LLD degree University of British Columbia 1992 [52]
Honorary LLD degree York University 1996 [53]
Honorary LLD degree University of Windsor 1997 [54]
Honorary DUniv degree University of Ottawa 2000 [55]
Honorary LLD degree McMaster University 2003 [56]
Honorary DCL degree Saint Mary's University 2004 [57]
Honorary LLD degree Ryerson University 2013 [58]
Honorary DLitt degree University of Winnipeg 2013 [59]
Honorary DLitt degree McGill University 2018 [60]

Bibliography

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Non-fiction

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Notes

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  1. ^ One of only two players to have his number retired by the Cornell hockey program, the other being Joe Nieuwendyk.
  2. ^ Shared with Michel Larocque in 1977, 1978 and 1979.

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27th Ministry – Cabinet of Paul Martin
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor Office Successor
Liza Frulla Minister of Social Development
2004–2006 		position abolished
Awards and achievements
Preceded by ECAC Hockey Most Outstanding Player in Tournament
1968, 1969 		Succeeded by
Preceded by ECAC Hockey Player of the Year
1968–69 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Calder Memorial Trophy
1972 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy
1971 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Vezina Trophy
1973 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Vezina Trophy
1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
With: Michel Larocque (1977, 1978, 1979) 		Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by NHLPA president
1972–74 		Succeeded by
Preceded by General manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs
1997–99 		Succeeded by
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