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Jack Norris • Jack Wayne Norris

Height: 5-10
Weight: 175
Catch: L
Born: 5 Aug 1942, Saskatoon SK

 

Regular Season Goaltending Record (key)

year team
gp
min
ga
sho
w-l-t
gaa
a
pim
1972-73 Alberta
64
3702
189
1
28-29-3
3.06
3
2
1973-74 Edmonton
53
2954
158
2
23-24-1
3.21
3
0
1974-75 Phoenix
33
1962
107
1
14-15-4
3.27
1
2
1975-76 Phoenix
41
2412
128
1
21-14-4
3.18
2
6
Totals:
191
11030
582
5
86-82-12
3.16
9
10

Playoff Goaltending Record

year team
gp
min
ga
sho
w-l
gaa
a
pim
1974 Edmonton
3
111
9
0
0-2
4.86
0
0
1975 Phoenix
2
100
10
0
0-2
6.00
0
0
1976 Phoenix
5
298
17
0
2-3
3.42
0
0
Totals:
10
509
36
0
2-7
4.24
0
0

Shutouts

Date Opponent Home/Away Score Saves
Feb 9, 1973MinnesotaHome6-027
Nov 6, 1973New YorkHome8-031
Nov 13, 1973Los AngelesHome4-026
Mar 2, 1975ChicagoHome5-027
Dec 27, 1975DenverHome10-030

 

Who Was That Masked Man? (excerpt) • by Walt Marlow • The Hockey Spectator • April 6, 1973

...Alberta's Jack Norris, an outspoken critic of the curved stick, gave up the winning goal in Quebec the other night when Michel Parizeau's slap shot hit him in the forehead and dropped into the net.

It wasn't exactly a first for Norris. He's been hit in the head before. But for the mask he'd be occupying a plot of ground in his native Delisle, Saskatchewan.

Understandably, Norris is bitter toward the WHA Rules Committee. It is his view that the leagues allowable blade curvature of one and one quarter inches is a concession to Bobby Hull. Curiously, the National League permits only a half-inch curvature. He's not optimistic that the WHA will rule against the curve stick.

"They'll never do it," he told Wayne Overland of the Edmonton Journal. "Hull would complain. You should see that weapon of his."

Mr. Norris is to be admired. Bobby Hull doesn't really need that kind of advantage.

 

Excerpts from Zander Hollander Complete Hockey Handbook, 1975-76 (by Reyn Davis)

Teamed with Gary Kurt to give Phoenix the third-best goaltending combo in the WHA in 1974-75 ... Started well and finished well for Phoenix, picking up where Kurt left off ... Struck in the forehead by Cam Conner during a practice in Houston late in 1974, and it's tended to turn him gun-shy for awhile ... Starred in Phoenix's 2-1 win in Minnesota in the final week last season to wrap up a playoff spot ... Was named the winner of the Sandy Hucul Award in 1974-75 for his dedication to the game ... Unselfish in many respects ... Takes a keen interest in being of some help to younger players ... Loathes curved sticks, especially Bobby Hull's.

 

 

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