Historic run to Stanley Cup earns Jonathan Quick the Conn Smythe Trophy
Posted June 11, 2012 11:18 pm.
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LOS ANGELES – No one will be overlooking Jonathan Quick now.
An impressive charge to the Stanley Cup culminated with the Los Angeles Kings goaltender being given the Conn Smythe Trophy on Monday night after the team finished off the New Jersey Devils with a 6-1 rout.
It was no contest. Quick was the backbone of a Kings team that went on a stunning 16-4 run in these playoffs, with the goaltender only allowing three goals in a game on two occasions.
His playoff statistics were incredible: a .946 save percentage and 1.41 goals-against average to go with three shutouts. Those are among the best by a goaltender in NHL history. The Devils scored just seven times on him in the six-game championship series.
“Jonathan Quick’s been like that,” said Luc Robitaille, the Kings president of business operations. “No one knows about it, but he’s been playing this way. Look at his stats for the last three years _ they’re phenomenal.”
Like many of his teammates, Quick didn’t attract much attention while starting his NHL career on the West Coast. But that started to change during a regular season where he earned a nomination for the Vezina Trophy and picked up even more steam as he rose to the occasion in the playoffs.
