Allan Raymond Jensen (born November 27, 1958) is a Canadian former

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. Selected 31st overall by the

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in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft, Jensen only played one game for the Red Wings before he was traded to the

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in July 1981 in exchange for Mark Lofthouse. It was with the Capitals that he was given the chance to blossom into a starting goaltender, and helped guide the team to its first playoff appearance, in the

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. The next season Jensen achieved even more as he was a co-winner of the William M. Jennings Trophy with teammate Pat Riggin. Jensen played almost six seasons with the Capitals before he was traded to the

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in the middle of the

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in exchange for defenseman Garry Galley. He played one season with the

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of the AHL before retiring from active professional play. In 179 NHL games, Jensen posted a 95-53-18 regular season record.

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* 1958 births Living people Adirondack Red Wings players Binghamton Whalers players Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Detroit Red Wings draft picks Detroit Red Wings players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Hamilton Fincups players Hershey Bears players Los Angeles Kings players Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000) players New Haven Nighthawks players Ice hockey people from Hamilton, Ontario Washington Capitals players William M. Jennings Trophy winners 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-icehockey-goaltender-stub