The Man Behind the Mask: Jon Quick

The second installment of “The Man Behind the Mask” takes a look at the road to the National Hockey League for Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick. We hope you enjoy this weekly installment only on NHL Hot Stove.

Jonathan Quick rose quickly through the ranks on his road to the National Hockey League.  Born in Hamden, Connecticut on January 21st, 1986, this east coast native now shoulders the load for the youngest team in the League.

Selected in the third round (72nd overall) in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft, Quick emerged as one of the leagues young, up-and-coming netminders in the game today. So much so that  Team USA selected the 23-year-old with hopes of him getting his feet wet in international competition.

His journey began on his high school team in Hamden where they named him to the New Haven Register All-Area Ice Hockey team.  He then starred in the famed Avon Old Farms hockey, similar to another famous USA Hockey Hall of Famer, Brian Leetch.

While at Old Farms,  Quick led the team to two straight New England Prep Championships holding the all time New England prep school record for most shutouts in a season (9) during his senior year.  His stay there showed signs of things to come.

Goalie Starters 01/09/2010

Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight, January 9, 2010:

• Brian Elliot in nets according to Senators.com, via Twitter.
• Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe thinks Tuukka Rask starts today. Henrik Lundqvist should be his opponent, confirmed by Steve Zipay of Newsday.
• Tom Panaccio of CSN Philly writes Michael Leighton will get the nod tonight.
• Johan Hedberg makes another start according to Chris Vivlamore of The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

UPDATED @ 11:41 AM

• Martin Brodeur faces Jaroslav Halak according to Alexandre Lebrun of Corus Sports.
• Tarik El-Bashir of The Washington Post writes Michal Neuvirth gets another nod.

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Goalie Starters 01/07/2010

Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight, January 7, 2010:

• Marc Andre Fleury expected to start against the Flyers Thursday night, Seth Rorabaugh of The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
• Tim Thomas left the ice first Thursday morning, indicating that he will start the Bruins’ night game against Chicago, the Boston Globe’s Fluto Shinzawa reports.
• Pascal Leclaire missed Wednesday’s practice for maintenance reasons, but is expected to play on Thursday night against Washington reports James Gordon of the Ottawa Citizen.
• Coach John Anderson will start Johan Hedberg against the Rangers says Chris Vivlamore of The Atlanta Journal Consistution.
• Jay Zawaski of 670 The Score reports Antti Niemi in nets for the Hawks.
• Thanks again to Joe English, I pretty much use his help verbatim with the tips.

Goalie Starters 01/04/2010

Here are your expected starting goalies for January 4, 2010:

• Tuukka Rask left the ice first, indicating he gets the start.  Originally reported by John Bishop of Bruins.com, via Twitter.
• The starters for Los Angeles and San Jose should be announced later today, as it is barely working hours on the West Coast.
• The Rangers starter should be Henrik Lundqvist, but I will confirm later with a link.

UPDATED @ 3:04 PM

• King Henrik confirmed here.
• Should be Evgeni Nabokov against Jon Quick, again links come later.

Goalie Starters 01/02/2010

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Andrew Gross of The Record writes Matt Zaba will back up Henrik Lundqvist for the Rangers.  Bob Harwood Waeghe of Canes Country writes Cam Ward should be in net.
• Mike Heika of The Dallas Morning News predicts Marty Turco facing Roberto Luongo.

UPDATED @ 12:02 PM

• Mike Smith and Marc Andre Fleury expected in nets according to Seth Rorabaugh’s Empty Netters.

UPDATED @ 12:16 PM

• Pekka Rinne starts for the Preds, says their official Twitter.

UPDATED @ 1:03 PM

• Michael Russo of The Star Tribune puts Martin Brodeur and Niklas Backstrom in nets for their teams, respectively.

Goalie Starters 12/31/2009

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Steve Goldstein confirms Tomas Vokoun starting for the Panthers. His opponent will be Jaroslav Halak according to Dave Stubbs of Habs Inside/Out.
• Pascal Leclaire in nets for the Senators, reported via Twitter.
• Jesse Rogers of ESPN Chicago confirms Cristobal Huet in nets.
• Mathieu Garon goes for the Blue Jackets according to Tom Reed of The Columbus Dispatch. On the other end of the ice will be Dan Ellis writes The Official Twitter Page of The Nashville Predators.

UPDATED @ 12:58 PM

• Ansar Khan of Mlive.com announces Jimmy Howard as the Red Wings starter.

Goalie Starters 12/28/2009

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Steve Mason starts for the Blue Jackets according to Tom Reed of The Columbus Dispatch.  Jimmy Howard starts again for the Wings says Ansar Khan of Mlive.com.
• Corey Masisak of The Washington Times announces Jose Theodore as the Caps starter.
• Jaroslav Halak makes his fifth straight start according to Dave Stubbs of Habs Inside/Out.  His counterpart will be Pascal Leclaire as confirmed by Cory Clouston, via Twitter.
• Dan Kamal, radio voice of the Thrashers, announces Johan Hedberg against Martin Brodeur expected for tonight’s game.
• Tim Thomas expected in nets by John Bishop of Bruins.com.

Goalie Starters 12/26/2009

I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday.   Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Chip Alexander of The News Observer reports Michael Leighton gets the nod for Philadelphia.  The Official Twitter Page of The Philadelphia Flyers does not confirm this.
• Dwayne Roloson in nets for the Isles says Katie Strang of Newsday.
• The Capitals will start Michael Neuvirth announces Tarik El-Bashir of The Washington Post.
• Jonas Siegel of AM 640 writes Jonas Gustavsson gets the nod.
• Mike Smith gets the nod says Erik Erlendsson of The Tampa Tribune.
• The Official Twitter Feed of the Nashville Predators announces Pekka Rinne as their starter tonight.
• Dave Vest of Coyotes.com writes Ilya Bryzgalov is likely to start tonight against the Kings.

Goalie Starters 12/17/2009

Please remember to keep refreshing this page or follow me on Twitter for the fastest updates. Here are your expected starting goalies for tonight:

• Henrik Lundqvist makes his eighth straight start writes Andrew Gross of The Record. Chris Botta of Islanders Point Blank writes Dwayne Roloson should get the nod.
• Dave Vest of Coyotes.com writes Jason LaBarbera starts for the Yotes.  Likewise, he will face Mathieu Garon says Aaron Portzline of The Columbus Dispatch.
• Dave Stubbs of Habs Inside/Out reports Carey Price as tonight’s starter.
• Seth Rorabaugh’s Empty Netters predicts Brian Boucher facing Marc Andre Fleury.
• Ondrej Pavelec in tonight says Ben Wright of Blueland Blog.  Mike Heika of The Dallas Morning News states Alex Auld starts for the Stars.
• Mike Smith gets the start for the Lightning, says Damian Cristodero of Lightning Strikes. Jimmy Howard faces Smith writes Ansar Khan of Mlive.com.