Welcome to my Felix-The Cat-Potvin Profile!!!

Felix Potvin Born: Anjou, Quebec, June 23, 1971 6 ft., 1 in., 194 lbs. Catches Left Last Amateur Club: Chicoutimi Sagueneens (QMJHL) Became a Leaf: Leafs' second-round selection, 31st overall, in the 1990 Entry Draft. 1996-97: Trails only Turk Broda and John Bower on Leafs' Wins and Games Played List... Has stopped 40 or more shots in a game on 19 occasions in career...Faced over 40 shots in six consecutive starts from Mar. 12 to Mar. 26...6-0-2 in eight straight road decisions from Feb. 18 to Apr. 3...Runner-up for Player of the Week for the week ending Mar. 30...Faced the most shots of any goalie in league (2,438)...Ranked first in N.H.L. in minutes and games played and the games total tied the 4th-best mark in an N.H.L. season...163 minutes short of setting a league record for most minutes in a season...Set career-highs for games, minutes and shots...The 74 games established a club record...Started the first 13 games of the season...Won his second straight Molson Cup Award...Shared shutout on Dec. 3 vs the Blues...Faced a season-high 55 shots in a 4-4 tie at L.A. on Feb. 8...Started 19 in a row from Feb. 1 to Mar. 19...Had an eight-game road unbeaten streak and a five-game home unbeaten streak. Career: 1995-96: Made his second All-Star Game appearance...Recorded his 100th win on Mar. 27 at Vancouver and appeared in his 200th NHL game on Feb. 21 vs. Tampa Bay...Reached 30 wins for the second time...Both shutouts came against Dallas...Tied for seventh in wins and ninth in save %...Won three straight on three occasions and his longest unbeaten streak was seven games...Has allowed two goals or less 23 of his 52 career playoff games...1994-95: Started the first 11 games of the season and 36 of 48 overall...Allowed two goals or less on 14 occasions...Longest unbeaten streak was four games (Mar. 24 to Mar. 31)...Faced 35 or more shots on nine occasions and posted a record of 1-4-4...Blocked 43 of 44 shots to defeat Dallas on the road 2-1 on Jan. 30...Made 42 saves to win Game #2 of playoffs on the road 3-0... Stopped 46 of 50 shots to win Game #6 in overtime by a 5-4 score...Became the first goalie in Leaf history to stop a penalty shot in playoff competition by denying Patrick Poulin to preserve his Game #2 shutout...1993-94: Started for the Western Conference on Jan. 22 after receiving 231,993 All-Star votes to become the Maple Leafs first starter in annual All-Star Game...Tied John Bower's 34 year-old team record for most wins (34) in one season...Fifth in the NHL in wins...Registered his 50th career win in his 100th career appearance on Feb. 17 versus the Devils...Named the NHL player of the week for the period ending Oct. 17 and Jan. 17...Named the NHL's Player of the Month for October (9-1-0 record, 2.20 GAA. in 10 games)...He became the first Leaf to win the honor since its inception in 1980-81...Allowed two goals or less in 24 of his 66 games played...Stopped 46 of 48 shots at Chicago on Oct. 28/93 and 45 of 48 shots at Detroit on Nov. 4/93...Earned three 1-0 shutouts over the Blackhawks in the opening round of 1994 Playoffs...Became just the third goalie in NHL history at the time to post three shutouts in one playoff series which fell just one short of the record for shutouts in one series...Allowed just 15 goals in nine home playoff games in 1994...1992-93: Placed third among goalies in year-end All-Star voting and third in voting for the Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of the Year... Made the All-Rookie Team...Finished fourth in balloting for the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goaltender...First in the NHL in GAA (2.50) and second in Save Percentage (.910)...Selected the NHL's Rookie of the Month for February as he posted a 5-2-2 record and a 1.97 GAA...Named the NHL's Player of the Week for the period ending Jan. 24 as he posted three wins and a 0.67 GAA in three games...Earned his first career playoff shutout by stopping 25 shots to win Game #7 vs the Blues by a 6-0 score...His 1,308 playoff minutes were the second-highest total ever for an NHL rookie goaltender...Blanked Montreal 4-0 on Jan. 23 for his first career shutout in his first career appearance versus the Canadiens...1991-92: Captured the AHL Rookie-of-the-Year Award (Garrett Trophy) and the Bastien Trophy as the league's best goaltender...Earned First-Team All-Star honours...Selected the St. John's Rookie-of-the-Year...Made his NHL debut at the Chicago Stadium on Nov. 14 and stopped 38 of 40 shots in a losing effort...1990-91: Appeared in the 1991 Memorial Cup for Chicoutimi and won the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy as the tournament's top goalie and a spot on the All-Star Team...Selected as the Major Junior Goaltender of the Year in 1991...Earned First All-Star Team honours for the QMJHL in 1991...1989-90: Represented Canada at the World Junior Championships... The third goalie selected in the 1990 Entry Draft. Personal: Married, wife's name is Sabrina...Daughter Noemie is three and son Xavier was born in April...Nickname is "Cat"...Spent the summer fishing at his cottage...Greatest thrill in hockey was defeating the Red Wings in the 1993 playoffs...Began playing hockey at age six. Favourites: PRO SPORTS TEAM: Montreal Expos, CHILDHOOD HOCKEY HERO: Billy Smith, MUSICAL GROUP: Social Distortion, HOLLYWOOD PERSONALITY: Al Pacino, SPORT TO WATCH: Baseball, Boxing.