Pre-Draft Highlights

Led OHA in goals-against average (2.99) and shutouts (3) with Peterborough in 1969-70. ... Won OHA Dave Pinkney Trophy (No. 1 goalie on team with lowest GAA) in 1969-70. ... Served as backup goaltender for Montreal (OHA) in team's 1970 run to Memorial Cup, going 6-0-0 in his six tournament starts, including the first two periods of the semifinal series-clinching victory over Sault Ste. Marie on April 27, 1970, a game in which he picked up an assist. He alternated with fellow goaltender Wayne Wood during the championship series vs. Weyburn. ... Named to OHA All-Star Second Team with Peterborough in 1969-70. ... Led OHA in GAA (2.96) and shutouts (5) with Peterborough in 1970-71. ... Won OHA Dave Pinkney Trophy (No. 1 goalie on team with lowest GAA) with Peterborough in 1970-71, becoming only the fourth goalie in league history to win award in back-to-back years and the first to win it since Hall of Famer Bernie Parent. ... Named to OHA All-Star First Team with Peterborough in 1970-71.

Career Vitals

Career NHL Statistics

Teams: Hartford, Quebec, Vancouver
Years: 1979-1984. Playoffs: 1980-1984

NHL Awards and Honors

Team Awards and Honors

Transaction History

Sept. 19, 1972 -- Sent by St. Louis to Chicago to complete Feb. 8, 1972 trade in which St. Louis traded Danny O'Shea to Chicago in exchange for Chris Bordeleau and future considerations. Jan. 1, 1973 -- Loaned by Chicago to Richmond (AHL, Philadelphia affiliate) for balance of 1972-73 season. June 27, 1973 -- Signed WHA contract with Minnesota. March 1, 1976 -- Signed with Toronto (WHA) as an unrestricted free agent after Minnesota team folded. Sept. 18, 1978 -- Traded by Birmingham (WHA) to New England (WHA) in exchange for future considerations. June 9, 1979 -- NHL rights reclaimd by Chicago prior to NHL Expansion Draft, but claim was negated when Hartford exercised its right to make Garrett one of the three priority selections of players it was allowed to retain from WHA roster before start of draft. Jan. 12, 1982 -- Traded by Hartford to Quebec in exchange for Michel Plasse and 1983 fourth-round pick (Ron Chyzowski). Feb. 4, 1983 -- Traded by Quebec to Vancouver in exchange for Anders Eldebrink.
 

Life Outside the NHL

Full Name: John Murdoch Garrett
Nicknames: "Cheech", "Chi Chi"

Other Post-Draft Teams: Kansas City (CHL); Portland (WHL); Richmond (AHL); Minnesota, Toronto/Birmingham, New England (WHA); Fredericton (AHL)

Education: Attended Trent University and Queen's University, graduating with a degree from Queen's.

Career Highlights

Led CHL with three shutouts for Kansas City in 1971-72. ... Represented host Minnesota team in 1974 WHA All-Star Game on Jan. 3 at St. Paul, Minn. ... Represented Birmingham in 1977 WHA All-Star Game on Jan. 18, at Hartford, and helped East to 4-2 win. ... Led WHA with four shutouts for Birmingham in 1976-77. ... Named to WHA All-Star First Team with Birmingham in 1976-77. ... Represented Birmingham in 1978 WHA All-Star Game on Jan. 17 at Quebec City. ... Led all WHA goaltenders by playing in 58 games for Birmingham in 1977-78. ... When WHA folded in 1979, Garrett ranked second all-time in league history for career shutouts (14), third all-time in career games played by a goaltender (323), and career minutes by a goaltender (18,919), and fifth all-time in career wins (148). .... Played on first Hartford Whalers NHL team after franchise (now the Carolina Hurricanes) entered league from WHA for the 1979-80 season and was the starting goaltender for the team's first NHL game on Oct. 11, 1979, at Minnesota. ... Was Hartford's No. 1 goaltender in each of its first two NHL seasons, playing 52 games in 1979-80 and 54 in 1980-81. ... Recorded his first and only NHL shutout in Vancouver's 3-0 win at Winnipeg on March 2, 1983. ... Went 13-5 in his 18 career home decisions for Vancouver.
 

The 1983 All-Star Surprise

Garrett was named to 1983 NHL All-Star Game at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, N.Y., as emergency replacement for Vancouver teammate Richard Brodeur, who was out with an ear injury suffered three days before the All-Star Game was scheduled to take place. Under league rules, each NHL team needed to have at least one representative in the All-Star Game. Brodeur had been slected as Vancouver's lone representative, which meant the Canucks had to supply their No. 1 goaltender to replace him. Garrett, who played in the All-Star Game only four days after he had been traded to Canucks, was asked if he felt embarrassed about being part of the game purely by accident. "Sure," he said. "But how often do you get a chance to play in a game like this." Garrett made the most of his opportunity with a sensational performace in the game's second half that led to his being named the game's No. 3 star as the winning goaltender in the Campbell Conference's 9-3 victory. He was in the running for the All-Star Game MVP award until Wayne Gretzky scored two goals in the final five minutes, giving him four goals for the game. "Garrett was tremendous," said Hall of Fame Islanders coach Al Arbour, who was leading the host Wales Conference team. "He was very effective for them."

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Non-Playing Career

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