Al Jensen Explained

Position:Goaltender
Catches:Left
Played For:Detroit Red Wings
Washington Capitals
Los Angeles Kings
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:180
Birth Date:November 27, 1958
Birth Place:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Draft:31st overall
Draft Year:1978
Draft Team:Detroit Red Wings
Career Start:1980
Career End:1987

Allan Raymond Jensen (born November 27, 1958)[1] is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender.

Selected 31st overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft, Jensen only played one game for the Red Wings before he was traded to the Washington Capitals in July 1981 in exchange for Mark Lofthouse. It was with the Capitals that he was given the chance to blossom into a starting goaltender, and helped guide the team to its first playoff appearance, in the 1982–83 NHL season. The next season Jensen achieved even more as he was a co-winner of the William M. Jennings Trophy with teammate Pat Riggin.

Jensen played almost six seasons with the Capitals before he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in the middle of the 1986–87 NHL season in exchange for defenseman Garry Galley. He played one season with the New Haven Nighthawks of the AHL before retiring from active professional play. In 179 NHL games, Jensen posted a 95-53-18 regular season record.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGPWLTMINGASOGAASV%GPWLTMINGASOGAASV%
1975–76Hamilton FincupsOMJHL2814519704.013200140612.57
1976–77St. Catharines FincupsOMJHL48272716823.70137517073613.06
1977–78Hamilton FincupsOMJHL43258214633.39178549674312.67
1978–79Kalamazoo WingsIHL47259615623.61127183402.84
1979–80Adirondack Red WingsAHL5727245340619923.51.8874042121504.25
1980–81Detroit Red WingsNHL101060707.00.767
1980–81Adirondack Red WingsAHL6027213316920333.84.88011746264604.41
1981–82Washington CapitalsNHL2688412748103.81.884
1981–82Hershey BearsAHL84114072403.54321162903.33
1982–83Washington Capitals NHL4022126235813513.44.8823121391004.32.867
1982–83Hershey Bears AHL63161412.66.915
1983–84Washington Capitals NHL4325133241411742.91.8826312581403.26.883
1983–84Hershey Bears AHL31201801605.33.864
1984–85Washington Capitals NHL1410318033412.54.885312201802.39.907
1984–85Binghamton WhalersAHL3210180903.00.907
1985–86Washington Capitals NHL442893243712923.18.890
1986–87Washington CapitalsNHL61313282704.94.853
1986–87Binghamton WhalersAHL135606844203.68.875
1986–87 Los Angeles KingsNHL51403002705.40.825
1987–88New Haven NighthawksAHL20512311298404.46.873
NHL totals179955318997455783.35.88112555983203.21.886

International

YearTeamEventGPWLTMINGASOGAA
1977CanadaWJC7511400192.85
1978CanadaWJC3180124.00
Junior totals10580313.21

Web site: Jensen's stats . The Goaltender Home Page. 2017-08-07.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cole, Stephen. The Canadian Hockey Atlas. registration. Doubleday Canada. 2006. 138. 978-0-385-66093-8.