"He was younger, so he had to be the goalie. Phil Esposito, on why his brother Tony was a goaltender

• Signed as free agent with Montreal Canadiens, September 29, 1967.
• Loaned by Montreal to Vancouver Canucks (WHL) for cash, October 1967.
• Claimed (from Canadiens) by Chicago Black Hawks in Intra-League Draft, June 11, 1969.

• Named to National Collegiate Athletic Association (West) All-American First Team, 1964-65.
• Led Michigan Tech to National Collegiate Athletic Association championship, 1965.
• Named to National Collegiate Athletic Association All-Tournament Team, 1965.
• Named to Western Collegiate Hockey Association All-Star First Team, 1964-65.
• Named to National Collegiate Athletic Association (West) All-American First Team, 1965-66.
• Named to Western Collegiate Hockey Association All-Star First Team, 1965-66.
• Named to National Collegiate Athletic Association (West) All-American First Team, 1966-67.
• Named to Western Collegiate Hockey Association All-Star First Team, 1966-67.
• Played in National Hockey League All-Star Game, 1970.
• Winner, Calder Trophy, 1969-70.
• Winner, Vezina Trophy, 1969-70.
• Named to National Hockey League All-Star First Team, 1969-70.
• Played in National Hockey League All-Star Game, 1971.
• Played in National Hockey League All-Star Game, 1972.
• Shared (with Gary Smith) Vezina Trophy, 1971-72.
• Named to National Hockey League All-Star First Team, 1971-72.
• Played in National Hockey League All-Star Game, 1973.
• Named to National Hockey League All-Star Second Team, 1972-73.
• Played in National Hockey League All-Star Game, 1974.
• Shared (with Bernie Parent) Vezina Trophy, 1973-74.
• Named to National Hockey League All-Star Second Team, 1973-74.
• Played in National Hockey League All-Star Game, 1980.
• Named to National Hockey League All-Star First Team, 1979-80.
• Elected to Hockey Hall of Fame, 1988.
• Named general manager, Pittsburgh Penguins, 1988.
• Replaced as Penguins general manager (by Craig Patrick), 1989-90.

• On December 5, 1968, Tony made his first National Hockey League start (for Montreal) against the Boston Bruins. The game ended in a 2-2 tie, and his older brother Phil Esposito had both goals for the Bruins.
• Tony made his National Hockey League debut on November 29, 1968 at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Arena, replacing Canadiens starter Rogie Vachon. Esposito stopped four of six Seals shots in a 5-4 Oakland victory.

• On March 29, 1970, Tony recorded his fifteenth shutout of the 1969-70 season, setting a modern-day record.

• Suffered broken finger, 1970-71. I'm not sure when the injury occurred, but Esposito appeared at the 1970-71 NHL All-Star Game on January 20, 1971 with a broken ring ringer on his right hand. "There's no way I'm going to miss this one," said Esposito.
• Left game with flu, March 31, 1971. Esposito started the Black Hawks' game against New York despite feeling ill, but gave way to Ken Brown at 2:11 of the third period. Brown, making his only NHL appearance, allowed the final goal in a 4-2 loss.
• Left game to relocate contact lenses, February 13, 1975. After earning first-period major and minor penalties for fighting Vancouver's Orest Kindrachuk, Esposito was spelled by Mike Veisor for four seconds, reappearing after the next whistle.
• Injured hand, February 3, 1980. Esposito finished the game for Chicago, but was doubtful for the All-Star Game the following Wednesday (he ultimately played).
• Left game with injury, February 5, 1980. At 15:10 of the first period of the NHL All-Star Game, Esposito stopped a rising Gordie Howe wrist shot from 25 feet, and vacated the Campbell Conference net to rookie Pete Peeters. "I just couldn't grip the stick right," said Esposito.
• Suffered groin injury, November 1982. Esposito did not play between November 3 and November 13.

• On February 23, 1975, Esposito was required to leave the game at the five-minute mark of the second period. Because of an untied skate strap, Michel Dumas played for 66 seconds of the second period before Esposito returned to the Black Hawk net. Dumas did not touch the puck, but officially shared the 4-0 shutout win over Atlanta.
• On April 1, 1984, Esposito refused to play in the Black Hawks' regular season finale. Esposito had not played since February 5th, as a part of an ongoing feud with Chicago coach Orval Tessier.

• Between January 11 and January 18, 1970, Tony put together a National Hockey League shutout streak of 188 minutes, 7 seconds. The streak encompassed shutouts of Pittsburgh (January 14) and Boston (January 17), and was interrupted by Oakland's Carol Vadnais 29:00 into Chicago's 3-1 win over the Seals.
• Between March 19 and March 28, 1970, Tony recorded a National Hockey League shutout streak of 160 minutes, 8 seconds. Esposito blanked St. Louis (March 22) and Detroit (March 26) before Paul Henderson beat him 15:32 into Chicago's 1-1 tie with Toronto.
• Between January 16 and January 30, 1972, Tony registered a shutout streak of 192 minutes, 29 seconds with the NHL Black Hawks. The streak included three consecutive shutouts - January 19 over California, January 23 over Toronto, and January 27 over Vancouver - before Detroit's Leon Rochefort ended it, 7:16 into a 4-2 Chicago win over the Red Wings.
• Between November 7 and November 14, 1973, Tony and the Chicago Black Hawks recorded a 140:02 shutout streak. After shutouts of Vancouver (23 saves) and Los Angeles (20 saves), Rod Gilbert of the Rangers finally broke Esposito's string 13:01 into the first period of a 4-4 tie.
• Between February 10 and February 17, 1974, Tony and the Black Hawks recorded a shutout streak of 173 minutes, 42 seconds, encompassing shutouts over Los Angeles (42 saves) and the Islanders (25 saves). Toronto's Paul Henderson finally broke the streak 3:45 into the third perod of the Leafs' 4-1 loss to Chicago.
• On February 13, 1975, Esposito fought Philadelphia center Orest Kindrachuk, after the Flyer stabbed at a puck that Esposito appeared to have covered. "They do that a lot?they're aggressive, and that's the way they play. But the play was whistled dead, I had my hand on the puck and then the guy starts to do his tricks. Who needs it?", said Esposito later. Esposito received seven minutes of penalties (at 6:32 of the first period), and was spelled by Mike Veisor for four seconds of game play while he relocated his contact lenses.
• On April 11, 1975, in the deciding game of the Blackhawks' preliminary round series against Boston, Esposito stopped 52 of 56 Bruins shots in a 6-4 win (the Black Hawks were outshot, 56-19).
• On February 26, 1977, Tony made 50 saves in a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers.