Kevin Hodson

Image taken from 7th Inning Sketch 91-92 OHL #320. Reprinted without permission.

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Winnipeg, Manitoba, March 27, 1972.
HOME:
HEIGHT: 6'0"
WEIGHT: 175-182 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 31 (Detroit), 35 (Tampa Bay)
CATCHES: Left
JUNIOR TEAM: Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds OHL
STYLE:
STRENGTHS:
WEAKNESSES:

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"Hodson is the reason the Wings felt comfortable about leaving No. 3 goalie Bob Essensa unprotected for the aborted waiver draft. They feel Hodson, the No. 1 goalie with the Adirondack Red Wings of the American League, can step in if regulars Mike Vernon or Chris Osgood get injured. "He stepped into the AHL after an outstanding junior career and never missed a beat," [Detroit assistant GM Ken] Holland said. "The only thing missing is a little bit of experience, but a year from now he should be pushing somebody. He's probably pushing them right now." Hodson's style is a bit unorthodox, which is to say he isn't pretty, but he stops the puck." (Keith Gave, The Hockey News Future Watch 1995)

"Hodson won the Memorial Cup with Sault Ste. Marie in 1993 and a Stanley Cup as a backup with the Red Wings in 1998. Acquired by the Lightning in the Wendel Clark trade. Will get every opportunity to win the starting job in Tampa Bay. Hodson is a goalie coach's nightmare. He has absolutely no style whatsoever. Whatever method he uses though, seems to work. Has to shake reputation as a career backup goalie. The unorthodox Hodson will compete for the No. 2 job." (The Sports Forecaster 1999-2000, p. 141)

TRANSACTIONS:

Signed as a free agent by Chicago Blackhawks, August 27, 1992.
Signed as a free agent by Detroit Red Wings, May 3, 1993.
Traded by Red Wings (with second-round pick (RW Sheldon Keefe) in 1999 entry draft) to Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for LW Wendel Clark, G Bill Ranford and a sixth-round pick (RW Kent McDonell) in 1999 NHL draft, March 23, 1999.
Traded by Lightning to Montreal Canadiens in exchange for a seventh-round pick (traded to Philadelphia) in 2000 entry draft, June 2, 2000.
Signed as free agent (one year) by Tampa Bay Lightning, May 20, 2002.
Announced retirement from professional hockey, January 16, 2003.
Signed as free agent by Texas Wildcatters (ECHL), August 25, 2003.

ACCOLADES:

Winner, Hap Emms Memorial Trophy, 1992-93.
Member of Stanley Cup champion Detroit Red Wings, 1998.

INJURIES:

Strained hip flexor; missed two games, March 10, 1998.
Reinjured hip; missed one game, March 17, 1998.
Injured groin; missed final five games of season, April 8, 1999.

PENALTY SHOTS:

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
90-91 Sault Ste. Marie Greyho.OHL 30   1638  18  11   0    88   3.22                    2
91-92 Sault Ste. Marie Greyho.OHL 50   2722  28  12   4   151   3.33                    0
92-93 Sault Ste. Marie Greyho.OHL 26   1470  18   5   2    76   3.10                    1
      Indianapolis Ice IHL        14    777   5   9   0    53   4.09                    0
93-94 Adirondack Red Wings AHL    37   2083  20  10   5   102   2.94                    2
94-95 Adirondack Red Wings AHL    51   2731  19  22   8   161   3.54                    1
95-96 Adirondack Red Wings AHL    32   1654  13  13   2    87   3.16                    0
      Detroit Red Wings NHL        4    163   2   0   0     3   1.10      67   .955     1   0   0     0    24.66  996.33
96-97 Detroit Red Wings NHL        6    294   2   2   1     8   1.63     114   .930     1   0   1     0    23.27  968.60
      Quebec Rafales IHL           2    118   1   1   0     7   3.56                    0
97-98 Detroit Red Wings NHL       21    987   9   3   3    44   2.67     444   .901     2   0   0     2    26.99  945.89
98-99 Detroit Red Wings NHL        4    175   0   2   0     9   3.09      79   .886     0   0   0     0    27.09  931.22
      Adirondack Red Wings AHL     6    349   1   3   2    19   3.27     178   .893     0   0   0     0    30.60  944.26
      Tampa Bay Lightning NHL      5    238   2   1   1    11   2.77     118   .907     0   0   0     0    29.75  956.36
99-00 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL     24    769   2   7   4    47   3.67     327   .856     0   0   0     2    25.51  898.79
      Detroit Vipers IHL           9    505   2   6   0    22   2.61     265   .917     0   0   0    13    31.49  969.46
02-03 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL      7    283   0   3   1    12   2.54     101   .881     0   0   0     2
03-04 Jokeri Helsinki FINLAND      3    184   1   1   1     5   1.63      74   .932     1   0   0     0
SIX (6) NHL SEASONS               71   2910  17  18  10   134   2.76    1250  0.893     4   0   1     6

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
90-91 Sault Ste. Marie Greyho.OHL 10    600   9   1   28   2.80                    0
91-92 Sault Ste. Marie Greyho.OHL 18   1116  12   6   59   3.17                    1
92-93 Sault Ste. Marie Greyho.OHL  8    448   8   0   17   2.28                    0
93-94 Adirondack Red Wings AHL     3     89   0   2   10   6.74                    0
94-95 Adirondack Red Wings AHL     4    238   0   4   14   3.53                    0
95-96 Adirondack Red Wings AHL     3    149   0   2    8   3.22                    0
97-98 Detroit Red Wings NHL        1      1   0   0    0   ----       0    ---     0   0   0     0    ----    -----
ONE (1) NHL POSTSEASON             1      1   0   0    0   ----       0    ---     0   0   0     0    ----    -----

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Signed as free agent by Detroit Red Wings.
01/05/96: - (28m02s, 14/15) 2-5 defeat at Pittsburgh (Barrasso) [Replaced Osgood].
01/06/96: W (60m, 20/20) 3-0 victory vs. Chicago (Belfour).
01/12/96: W (60m, 25/27) 3-2 victory vs. Los Angeles (Hrudey).
01/24/96: - (15m14s, 6/6) 4-2 victory vs. San Jose (Flaherty) [Replaced by Osgood].
10/25/96: T (65m, 26/28) 2-2 OT tie vs. Chicago (Waite).
12/04/96: W (60m, 19/19) 2-0 victory at Washington (Carey).
12/17/96: - (1m14s, 0/0) 3-4 defeat at Colorado (Roy, Billington, Roy) [Replaced Vernon].
12/20/96: L (56m15s, 23/26) 2-3 defeat at Vancouver (Hirsch) [Replaced by Osgood, replaced Osgood, replaced by Osgood].
03/19/97: W (60m, 13/14) 4-1 victory vs. Boston (Carey).
03/23/97: L (52m41s, 25/27) 3-5 defeat at Chicago (Terreri) [Replaced Vernon].
10/14/97: W (60m, 30/32) 3-2 victory at Toronto (Healy).
10/18/97: - (6m39s, 1/3) 4-2 victory vs. Carolina (Kidd) [Replaced Osgood].
10/23/97: W (60m, 23/24) 4-1 victory at Los Angeles (Fiset).
10/31/97: L (60m, 22/27) 1-5 defeat vs. Los Angeles (Fiset).
11/13/97: W (60m, 33/35) 4-2 victory at Ottawa (Rhodes).
11/16/97: T (65m, 23/26) 3-3 OT tie at Chicago (Hackett).
11/26/97: W (60m, 21/22) 4-1 victory vs. Ottawa (Rhodes, Tugnutt).
12/09/97: W (60m, 27/32) 7-5 victory vs. Vancouver (McLean).
12/16/97: L (59m, 14/18) 1-5 defeat at San Jose (Vernon).
12/29/97: - (0m37s, 0/0) 2-2 OT tie vs. Dallas (Belfour) [Replaced Osgood, replaced by Osgood].
01/06/98: W (60m, 28/28) 2-0 victory vs. Phoenix (Khabibulin).
01/12/98: T (65m, 28/29) 1-1 OT tie at NY Islanders (Flaherty).
02/01/98: W (60m, 23/25) 4-2 victory at Washington (Kolzig).
03/04/98: W (60m, 35/35) 2-0 victory at Anaheim (Shtalenkov).
03/05/98: - (0m50s, 0/0) 4-5 defeat at San Jose (Vernon) [Replaced Osgood].
03/10/98: - (40m, 17/19) 3-6 defeat vs. Boston (Dafoe) [Replaced Osgood].
03/21/98: W (60m, 19/22) 4-3 victory at NY Rangers (Richter).
03/23/98: - (21m11s, 7/11) 5-5 OT tie vs. Chicago (Terreri) [Replaced by Maracle].
03/26/98: T (65m, 25/28) 3-3 OT tie vs. Anaheim (Shtalenkov).
04/01/98: - (7m11s, 1/1) 2-0 victory vs. Colorado (Roy, Billington) [Replaced Osgood].
04/18/98: L (60m, 17/21) 3-4 defeat at Colorado (Billington).
05/17/98: - (1m13s, 0/0) 1-3 defeat vs. St. Louis (Fuhr) [Replaced Osgood].
10/23/98: L (60m, 22/27) 3-5 defeat vs. Toronto (Joseph).
11/13/98: - (40m, 13/14) 1-5 defeat vs. Dallas (Belfour) [Replaced Osgood].
02/03/99: - (17m28s, 8/8) 5-1 victory vs. NY Islanders (Salo) [Replaced by Maracle].
02/27/99: L (60m, 27/30) 1-3 defeat at NY Islanders (Salo).
Traded to Tampa Bay Lightning.
03/26/99: - (32m51s, 18/20) 1-6 defeat at Detroit (Osgood) [Replaced Schwab].
03/28/99: T (65m, 30/33) 3-3 OT tie at Carolina (Irbe).
04/01/99: L (60m, 21/24) 0-3 defeat at St. Louis (Fuhr).
04/03/99: W (60m, 31/34) 4-3 victory vs. Washington (Tabaracci).
04/08/99: W (20m, 7/7) 3-0 victory vs. Boston (Tallas) [Replaced by Schwab].
10/09/99: - (1m, 0/0) 0-1 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur) [Replaced Cloutier].
10/16/99: T (25m, 9/9) 4-4 OT tie vs. Atlanta (Rhodes) [Replaced Cloutier].
10/28/99: L (28m51s, 16/18) 3-7 defeat at Boston (Tallas) [Replaced Puppa, replaced by Puppa].
11/03/99: - (40m, 11/12) 1-4 defeat at Atlanta (Rhodes) [Replaced Cloutier].
11/07/99: W (60m, 31/33) 3-2 victory vs. Detroit (Wregget).
11/09/99: - (2m02s, 0/0) 1-2 defeat at Washington (Kolzig) [Replaced Cloutier, replaced by Cloutier].
11/13/99: - (3m14s, 0/2) 2-4 defeat at Carolina (Irbe) [Replaced by Cloutier].
11/17/99: - (1m52s, 0/0) 4-5 defeat at Atlanta (Rhodes, Langkow) [Replaced Cloutier].
11/18/99: W (60m, 26/27) 2-1 victory vs. Pittsburgh (Aubin).
11/20/99: L (60m, 22/26) 1-4 defeat at Philadelphia (Boucher).
11/26/99: T (65m, 18/21) 3-3 OT tie vs. Carolina (Irbe).
12/02/99: - (1m38s, 0/0) 1-3 defeat at Phoenix (Essensa) [Replaced Cloutier].
12/04/99: - (0m43s, 0/0) 3-3 OT tie at Los Angeles (Storr) [Replaced Cloutier, replaced by Cloutier].
12/14/99: T (35m33s, 14/15) 4-4 OT tie vs. Nashville (Dunham) [Replaced Cloutier].
12/18/99: - (53m, 21/24) 0-4 defeat at Philadelphia (Boucher) [Replaced Cloutier].
12/26/99: L (59m, 20/25) 3-6 defeat at Atlanta (Maracle).
01/01/00: L (57m33s, 22/28) 5-7 defeat at Florida (Vernon) [Replaced by Cloutier].
01/07/00: - (20m, 5/6) 1-5 defeat at Edmonton (Salo) [Replaced Cloutier].
01/20/00: L (59m, 26/29) 2-4 defeat vs. Boston (Dafoe).
01/22/00: L (56m36s, 14/16) 0-2 defeat at NY Islanders (Weekes) [Replaced by Parent].
01/25/00: - (0m18s, 0/0) 1-2 defeat at Buffalo (Biron) [Replaced Cloutier, replaced by Cloutier].
01/28/00: - (20m, 9/12) 3-7 defeat vs. Edmonton (Ranford) [Replaced Cloutier].
02/01/00: - (1m36s, 1/1) 3-5 defeat vs. Toronto (Joseph) [Replaced Cloutier, replaced by Cloutier].
02/08/00: L (60m, 15/23) 0-8 defeat vs. San Jose (Shields).
10/26/02: L (60m, 25/30) 1-5 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur).
11/27/02: T (65m, 22/23) 1-1 OT tie at Buffalo (Biron).
12/10/02: - (26m19s, 8/8) 3-5 defeat at Minnesota (Fernandez) [Replaced Khabibulin].
12/19/02: L (58m36s, 17/19) 1-2 defeat vs. Toronto (Belfour).
12/31/02: L (38m01s, 11/14) 3-6 defeat vs. Ottawa (Lalime) [Replaced Khabibulin].
01/04/03: - (17m52s, 3/4) 1-5 defeat at St. Louis (Johnson) [Replaced Khabibulin].
01/11/03: - (16m47s, 3/3) 3-3 OT tie vs. New Jersey (Brodeur) [Replaced Khabibulin, replaced by Khabibulin].

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