Ed Belfour
| Ed Belfour | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hockey Hall of Fame, 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 Belfour with Leksands IF in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
April 21, 1965 Carman, Manitoba, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goaltender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caught | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
Chicago Blackhawks San Jose Sharks Dallas Stars Toronto Maple Leafs Florida Panthers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1989–2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edward John Belfour (born April 21, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 17 seasons in the NHL for the Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks, Dallas Stars, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Florida Panthers.
He played junior hockey for the Winkler Flyers before going to the University of North Dakota where he helped the school win the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) championship in the 1986–87 season. After being undrafted in the 1987 NHL draft, he signed as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks. He played with the Saginaw Hawks of the International Hockey League (IHL) before being called up in the 1988–89 season by Chicago. Playing with Canadian National Team in 1989 rather than returning to Saginaw, the Blackhawks used him for the 1990 playoff run and kept him as the regular starter for the next six seasons, which included winning the Calder Memorial Trophy for his rookie play in 1991, winning the Vezina Trophy twice and backstopping them to the 1992 Stanley Cup Final, their first appearance in 19 years. With free agency looming, he was traded to San Jose late in the 1996–97 season. He subsequently signed as a free agent with the Dallas Stars in 1997, where he would backstop the team for five seasons and reach the Stanley Cup Final in 1999 and 2000, winning the former for his only championship. In his first season with Toronto in the 2002–03 season, he reached 400 career wins. He spent his final NHL season with Florida in 2007, where he finished with the third-most wins by a goaltender in NHL history. He played one final season with Leksands IF and retired in 2008.
Many regard Belfour as an elite goaltender and one of the best of all-time. His 484 wins rank fifth all-time among NHL goaltenders. Belfour was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in the 2011 class, his first year of eligibility. In addition Belfour is one of only two players to have won an NCAA championship, an Olympic gold medal, and the Stanley Cup (the other such player is Neal Broten).
His characteristic face mask earned him the sobriquet "Eddie the Eagle", and some of his quirks and off-ice antics earned him the nickname "Crazy Eddie".