On Seeing Himself on Television: "This was only the second time in my life I'd ever seen myself on television, and it shattered a lot of illusions. I looked like a big stiff. What a sobering experience. I always thought of myself as Nureyev on ice. But on TV, I realized that I was a dump truck. I was an elephant on wheels."
Hal Bock on Dryden's rookie season: "Dryden had started the (1970-71) season in a noble experiment. He had decided to turn pro with the Montreal organization under a complicated schedule that would permit him to combine his hockey playing with his career as a full-time law student at Montreal's McGill University. He rushed from law class at McGill to hockey practice with the Montreal Voyageurs, the Canadiens' farm team in the American Hockey League. On road trips, while other players occupied themselves with paperback novels, Dryden read heavy material like the Civil Codes of Quebec. It was, to say the least, no easy schedule to follow, but then Ken Dryden was no average athlete-scholar." (Hal Bock, "Save! Hockey's Brave Goalies", 1974.)
REGULAR SEASON
Year Team GP Min W L T GA GAA Shots Sv% ShO G A PiM S/60 PERS
63-64 Humber Valley MTHL
64-65 Etobicoke Indians OHA-B
65-66 Cornell University ECAC FRESHMAN
66-67 Cornell University ECAC 27 1646 26 0 1 40 1.46 4
67-68 Cornell University ECAC 29 1620 25 2 0 41 1.52 6
68-69 Cornell University ECAC 27 1578 25 2 0 47 1.79 3
Canada WORLD 2 120 1 1 0 4 2.00 1
69-70 Canada NATIONAL TEAM
70-71 Montreal Voyageurs AHL 33 1899 16 7 8 84 2.68 3
Montreal Canadiens NHL 6 327 6 0 0 9 1.65 0
71-72 Montreal Canadiens NHL 64 3800 39 8 15 142 2.24 8
72-73 Canada SUMMIT SERIES 4 240 2 2 0 19 4.75 0
Montreal Canadiens NHL 54 3165 33 7 13 119 2.26 6
74-75 Montreal Canadiens NHL 56 3320 30 9 16 149 2.69 4
75-76 Montreal Canadiens NHL 62 3580 42 10 8 121 2.03 8
76-77 Montreal Canadiens NHL 56 3275 41 6 8 117 2.14 10
77-78 Montreal Canadiens NHL 52 3071 37 7 7 105 2.05 5
78-79 Montreal Canadiens NHL 47 2814 30 10 7 108 2.30 5
NHL All-Stars CHALLENGE CUP 2 120 1 1 0 7 3.50 0
EIGHT (8) NHL SEASONS 397 23352 258 57 74 870 2.24 46
POST-SEASON
Year Team GP Min W L GA GAA Shots Sv% ShO G A PiM S/60 PERS
70-71 Montreal Canadiens NHL 20 1221 12 8 61 3.00 0 0 1 0
71-72 Montreal Canadiens NHL 6 360 2 4 17 2.83 0 0 0 0
72-73 Montreal Canadiens NHL 17 1039 12 5 50 2.89 1 0 0 2
74-75 Montreal Canadiens NHL 11 688 6 5 29 2.53 2
75-76 Montreal Canadiens NHL 13 780 12 1 25 1.92 1
76-77 Montreal Canadiens NHL 14 849 12 2 22 1.55 4 0 0 0
77-78 Montreal Canadiens NHL 15 919 12 3 29 1.89 2
78-79 Montreal Canadiens NHL 16 990 12 4 41 2.48 0 0 3 2
EIGHT (8) NHL POSTSEASONS 112 6846 80 32 274 2.40 10