David Alexander Kerr (January 11, 1910 – May 11, 1978) was a Canadian

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goaltender who played for the

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and

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Playing career

He played amateur hockey before joining the NHL, winning the

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in 1930 with the Montreal AAA senior men's team. Kerr was most notable for his time with the New York Rangers. His four shutouts in a single playoff season in 1937 is a Rangers record (since tied by Mike Richter). In 1937-38, Kerr was selected to the NHL second All-Star team. Kerr won a

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with the New York Rangers in 1939-40. That year, he won the

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for a Rangers team that led the league in goals allowed, and had a 19-game unbeaten streak (14-0-5). He was also selected to the NHL first All-Star team that year. As a Ranger, he only missed one game between 1934 and 1941, and started every game for five straight seasons (1936-1941). Kerr also was the NHL season leader in most games played by a goaltender (1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, and 1940–41), most shutouts (1937–38 and 1939–40), most playoff games played by a goaltender, most playoff minutes played by a goaltender, most playoff wins, most playoff shutouts, and lowest playoff goals-against average (all 1937 and 1940). Kerr was the second hockey player on the cover of ''

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'' magazine, doing so on the March 14, 1938 edition.

Awards and achievements

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) * NHL first All-Star team goalie (1940) *NHL second All-Star team goalie (

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) *In the 2009 book ''100 Ranger Greats'', the authors ranked Kerr at No. 19 all-time of the roughly 900 New York Rangers who had played during the first 83 seasons ( 1926–27 to 2008–09) of the franchise‘s existence.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

External links

* *https://web.archive.org/web/20060908011344/http://www.newyorkrangers.com/tradition/alumnispotlight.asp?Alumni=Kerr {{DEFAULTSORT:Kerr, Dave 1909 births 1978 deaths Canadian ice hockey goaltenders Montreal Maroons players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen New York Americans players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States New York Rangers players Philadelphia Arrows players Ice hockey people from Toronto Stanley Cup champions Vezina Trophy winners Windsor Bulldogs (1929–1936) players