Cam Talbot

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Cam Talbot
Cam Talbot - New York Rangers.jpg
Talbot with the New York Rangers in 2014
Born (1987-07-05) July 5, 1987 (age 34)
Caledonia, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 196 lb (89 kg; 14 st 0 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NHL team
Former teams		 Minnesota Wild
New York Rangers
Edmonton Oilers
Philadelphia Flyers
Calgary Flames
National team  Canada
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present
Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  Canada East
World Junior A Challenge
Silver medal – second place 2006 Yorkton
Representing  Canada
Ice Hockey World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Russia

Cameron Talbot (born July 5, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL). He had also played for the New York Rangers, the Edmonton Oilers, the Calgary Flames, and the Philadelphia Flyers.

Prior to joining the NHL, Talbot played at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, where he was named an All-College Hockey America Second Team and MVP in the 2010 CHA tournament. Internationally, Talbot has represented Canada at the 2016 IIHF World Championship.[1][2]

Playing career[]

Amateur[]

Cameron Talbot grew up in Caledonia, Ontario, and started playing with the Caledonia Thunder MHA programs before making the leap to the Hamilton Jr. Bulldogs of the South Central AAA League in Minor Bantam. He played three seasons of AAA hockey, was undrafted in the 2003 OHL Priority Selection and returned to the Jr. Bulldogs, where he played a season of Major Midget.

After a solid Major Midget season, Talbot made the Hamilton Red Wings of the Ontario Junior Hockey League (OJHL) for the 2004–05 season.

Talbot played college hockey at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.[3] In the 2009–10 season, he was named to the All-College Hockey America Second Team and was named Most Valuable Player in the CHA Tournament, while leading the Chargers to a berth in the NCAA Tournament.[4]

Talbot with the Connecticut Whale in 2012

Professional[]

New York Rangers[]

On March 30, 2010, the NHL's New York Rangers signed Talbot as a free agent.[5] He was promoted to the Rangers on February 28, 2011, after playing the majority of the 2010–11 season with the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League (AHL) (he also played two ECHL games with the Greenville Road Warriors)[6] and was returned to the Whale on March 3, 2011.[7][8]

Talbot played the 2011–12 season with Connecticut, but after Connecticut was eliminated from the AHL playoffs, Talbot was added to the Rangers' Stanley Cup playoff roster.[9] After the 2012–13 Whale season, he was again added to the Rangers' playoff roster.[10] Talbot was again called up to the Rangers on October 15, 2013, after Martin Biron was demoted to the AHL, finding himself a place in the NHL for the first time as the backup to starter Henrik Lundqvist.[11] Talbot made his on-ice NHL debut on October 24 in a 2–1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers.[12][13] His first NHL win came in his next game, against the Detroit Red Wings, on October 26, 2013,[14][15] and he earned his first NHL shutout against the Montreal Canadiens on November 16, 2013.[16] In the 2014 playoffs, Talbot twice entered to relieve Lundqvist en route to the Rangers' Eastern Conference title before ultimately falling to the Los Angeles Kings in the Finals.[17]

For the 2014���15 season, Talbot began the year as the Rangers' backup goaltender, and in his first eight games played, he recorded three shutouts, matching his total from the entire previous season.

On February 3, 2015, Talbot became New York's temporary starting goaltender after Henrik Lundqvist suffered a ruptured blood vessel in his neck. Talbot started 24 of the Rangers' next 26 games (Mackenzie Skapski played the other two) until March 27, when Lundqvist returned to the line-up. During Lundqvist's absence, Talbot performed better in net and went 17–4–3. In fact, Talbot ended the season with a lower GAA (2.21), and a higher save percentage (.926) than Lundqvist (2.25 GAA, .922 save percentage). For his remarkable efforts towards New York's Presidents' Trophy-winning season, he received the Steve McDonald Extra Effort Award on April 6.

Edmonton Oilers[]

On June 27, 2015, Talbot was traded by the Rangers to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for three draft picks in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.[18] Talbot competed for Edmonton's #1 goaltender spot with Anders Nilsson during his first season with the Oilers.

On January 17, 2016, the Oilers signed Talbot to a three-year, $12 million contract extension.[19] Nilsson was eventually traded to the St. Louis Blues, leaving Cam Talbot as Edmonton's starting goaltender.

On April 6, 2017, Talbot set an Oilers record for most wins in a season passing Grant Fuhr, who had 40 wins, by earning 41 wins.[20] Talbot finished the season by leading the NHL in games played (72 of 82 in regular season) and time on ice by a goaltender, as well as tied for first in wins with 42. The Oilers finished that season second in the Pacific Division, with 103 points. Talbot helped the Oilers reach Game 7 of the Western Semifinals, losing to the Anaheim Ducks in what was the first playoff appearance by the Oilers in ten years. Talbot finished the playoffs with a 2.88 GAA, .924 save percentage and two shutouts.[21][22]

On October 4, 2017, Talbot recorded a 27-save shutout in the 2017–18 season-opener against the Calgary Flames.[23] Talbot and the Oilers would not be able to replicate the previous season's success, and missed the playoffs. Talbot finished the season with a 31–31–3 record with a goals-against-average of 3.02.

Philadelphia Flyers[]

During the 2018–19 season, on February 15, 2019, Talbot was traded by the Oilers to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Anthony Stolarz.[24]

Calgary Flames[]

On July 1, 2019, having left the Flyers as a free agent, Talbot was signed to a one-year, $2.75 million deal with the Calgary Flames. On February 1, 2020, Talbot fought fellow goalie Mike Smith during a Battle of Alberta game.[25] During the COVID-19 pandemic and the NHL's return to play, Talbot backstopped the Flames to a 3-1 series win over the Winnipeg Jets including a game four shutout of the Jets, earning Talbot the nickname "Yes We Cam" Talbot.[26]

Minnesota Wild[]

On October 9, 2020, the opening day of free agency, Talbot left the Flames and agreed to a three-year deal worth $11 million to become the starting goaltender for the Minnesota Wild.[27] He recorded a 19–8–5 record during the regular season in his first campaign with the Wild, leading them to a playoff spot.

Personal life[]

Talbot married his wife Kelly in 2011,[28] and the two had twins in October 2016.[29]

Dating back to his time with the New York Rangers, Talbot has worn masks bearing characters and imagery from the Ghostbusters movies, painted by artist David Gunnarsson.[30][31] This design also developed the goaltender's identity into being known as "Goalbuster."'[32]

International play[]

Talbot attended the 2016 IIHF World Championship as the starting goaltender for Team Canada. He led the team to its second straight gold medal at the tournament and tied a tournament record for shutouts with 4.[33]

Records[]

Edmonton Oilers[]

  • Most wins in a season: 42 (2016–17)

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2004–05 Hamilton Red Wings OPJHL 19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
2005–06 Hamilton Red Wings OPJHL 35 25 13 1 2,046 87 1 2.55 .908 14 8 6 903 52 1 3.46 .891
2006–07 Hamilton Red Wings OPJHL 28 19 5 2 1,644 57 1 2.08 .918 19 13 6 1243 51 0 2.46 .923
2007–08 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers CHA 13 1 10 0 583 45 0 4.63 .860 — — — — — — — —
2008–09 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers CHA 24 2 16 3 1,320 65 1 2.95 .907 — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers CHA 33 12 18 3 1,958 85 1 2.61 .925 — — — — — — — —
2009–10 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 1 0 0 0 19 3 0 9.70 .727 — — — — — — — —
2010–11 Hartford Wolf Pack/CT Whale AHL 22 11 9 2 1,308 62 2 2.84 .902 1 0 1 38 2 0 3.13 .917
2010–11 Greenville Road Warriors ECHL 2 1 0 1 122 5 0 2.46 .921 — — — — — — — —
2011–12 Connecticut Whale AHL 33 14 15 1 1865 81 4 2.61 .913 9 5 4 571 20 2 2.10 .939
2012–13 Connecticut Whale AHL 55 25 28 1 3,105 136 2 2.63 .918 — — — — — — — —
2013–14 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 5 4 0 1 314 13 0 2.49 .924 — — — — — — — —
2013–14 New York Rangers NHL 21 12 6 1 1,211 33 3 1.64 .941 2 0 1 46 2 0 2.61 .846
2014–15 New York Rangers NHL 36 21 9 4 2,095 77 5 2.21 .926 — — — — — — — —
2015–16 Edmonton Oilers NHL 56 21 27 5 3,223 137 3 2.55 .917 — — — — — — — —
2016–17 Edmonton Oilers NHL 73 42 22 8 4,294 171 7 2.39 .919 13 7 6 800 33 2 2.48 .924
2017–18 Edmonton Oilers NHL 67 31 31 3 3,731 188 1 3.02 .908 — — — — — — — —
2018–19 Edmonton Oilers NHL 31 10 15 3 1,695 95 1 3.36 .893 — — — — — — — —
2018–19 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 4 1 2 0 211 13 0 3.70 .881 — — — — — — — —
2019–20 Calgary Flames NHL 26 12 10 1 1,435 63 2 2.63 .919 10 5 4 596 24 2 2.42 .924
2020–21 Minnesota Wild NHL 33 19 8 5 1,961 86 2 2.63 .915 7 3 4 416 17 2 2.45 .923
NHL totals 347 169 130 30 19,854 863 24 2.61 .915 32 15 14 1,858 76 6 2.45 .923

International[]

Year Team Event Result GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2006 Canada East WJAC 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4 3 1 0 240 7 0 1.75 .916
2016 Canada WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8 7 1 0 480 10 4 1.25 .940
Junior totals 4 3 1 0 240 7 0 1.75 .916
Senior totals 8 7 1 0 480 10 4 1.25 .940

Awards and honours[]

Award Year
NHL
All-Star Game 2022 [34]

References[]

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  2. ^ "2016 IIHF World Championships All-Star Team". The Hockey Writers. May 24, 2016.
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  28. ^ "KELLY TALBOT – THE HARDEST JOB IN HOCKEY". yegfitness.ca. July 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
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  31. ^ Clinton, Jared (October 5, 2016). "Oilers' Cam Talbot loads up the Ecto-1 on new Ghostbusters mask". The Hockey News on Sports Illustrated. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  32. ^ "Talbot's new mask depicts his twins as 'Ghostbusters' cartoons". NHL.com. August 21, 2017. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  33. ^ "Canada #1 at 2016 IIHF World Championship".
  34. ^ "2022 NHL All-Star Game rosters, captains announced". .nhl.com. January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.

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