"Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender whose long resume in and out of hockey included six Stanley Cup victories and helping backstop Canada's generation-defining victory at the 1972 Summit Series, died Friday at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer. A key member of the Montreal Canadiens' 1970s dynasty, Dryden's career in the spotlight was only just getting started when he retired from the game and while at the top of his own game in his early 30s."
"He snatched the crease from veteran Rogie Vachon that spring and led the Original Six franchise to the Cup along with securing the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. Dryden then won the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year in 1971-72, but Montreal lost in the first round that post-season. He split the crease with Tony Esposito five months later in the 1972 Summit Series a slugfest between Canada and the Soviet Union."
""I don't remember flying to Montreal. I don't remember the day of the game. I don't remember the dressing room," he wrote of Game 1. "All I remember is a feeling that kept building and building, growing and growing. It's what happens before a Stanley Cup series, before a Stanley Cup final, but not like this. "It built to where it couldn't build anymore, grew to where it had no place left to grow"
Ken Dryden was a Hall of Fame goaltender who won six Stanley Cups and helped secure Canada's pivotal victory in the 1972 Summit Series. He died at 78 after a battle with cancer. A cornerstone of the Montreal Canadiens' 1970s dynasty, he retired in his early 30s while still at peak performance. He later served as a lawyer, author, politician and NHL executive, influencing Canadian society beyond hockey. Born Aug. 8, 1947, in Hamilton and raised near Toronto, he played college hockey at Cornell and debuted with Montreal in March 1971, earning the Conn Smythe and Calder trophies early in his career.
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