Mike Veisor

{{short description|Canadian former ice hockey goaltender (born 1952)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Mike Veisor 1973.JPG

| caption = Veisor with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1973

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| position = Goaltender

| shoots =

| catches = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 9

| weight_lb = 160

| played_for = Chicago Black Hawks
Hartford Whalers
Winnipeg Jets

| ntl_team = Canada

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|8|25}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| death_date =

| death_place =

| draft = 45th overall

| draft_year = 1972

| draft_team = Chicago Black Hawks

| career_start = 1972

| career_end = 1984

| medaltemplates =

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Michael David Veisor, Sr. (born August 25, 1952) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aOTWUl-9LQoC&q=Mike+Veisor&pg=PA352 |title=Day by day in Jewish sports history|isbn=9781602800137|access-date=February 27, 2011|last1=Wechsler|first1=Bob|year=2008}} He played 139 games in the National Hockey League between 1973 and 1984.{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=5557 |title=Mike Veisor Stats and Profile |website=hockeydb.com}} He was described as: "One of the most agile goaltenders around; plays goal like a trapeze artist."[http://blackhawkslegends.blogspot.com/2010/06/mike-veisor.html Chicago Blackhawks Legends: Mike Veisor]

Biography

Veisor was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is Jewish. As a youth, he played in the 1963 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=January 4, 2019}} He was drafted in Round 3 (#45 overall) in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft. He started his National Hockey League career with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1973. He was the second Jewish goalie in NHL history.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dDyEVDIA3aIC&q=Mike+Veisor&pg=PA130 |title=The Big Book of Jewish Sports Heroes: An Illustrated Compendium of Sports History and the 150 Greatest Jewish Sports Stars|publisher=SP Books|date= 2006|isbn=9781561719075|access-date=February 27, 2011}}[https://forward.com/culture/308944/what-it-means-to-grow-up-jewish-in-chicago/ What It Means To Grow Up Jewish in Chicago – The Forward] He had wanted to be the first, but he was preceded by Ross Brooks.

He also played for the Hartford Whalers and Winnipeg Jets. He retired after the 1984 season.[https://books.google.com/books?id=MpkyyLf3EYYC&dq=Mike+Veisor&pg=PT67 Hockey in Broome County – Marvin A. Cohen, Michael J. McCann]

Veisor currently works at Avon Old Farms School, in Avon, Connecticut,[http://scottywazz.blogspot.com/2011/07/absurd-goalie-monday-mike-veisor.html The Strangest One Of All: Absurd Goalie Monday: Mike Veisor] and is the rink manager. His son, Michael David Veisor, Jr., was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft (12th round, 263rd overall). Mike, Jr. is a former college and minor-league goaltender, but he never played in the NHL.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" \| Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" \| ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" \| Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
1969–70 \| Hamilton Red Wings \| OHA \| 43	—	—	—	2580	172	0	4.00	— \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1970–71 \| Hamilton Red Wings \| OHA \| 53	—	—	—	3177	266	0	5.02	— \| 7	2	4	1	409	30	0	4.41	—
1971–72 \| Peterborough Petes \| OHA \| 49	—	—	—	2920	203	1	4.17	— \| 15	11	2	2	900	32	2	2.13	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1971–72 \| Peterborough Petes \| M-Cup \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	— \| 3	2	1	0	180	8	0	2.66	—
1972–73 \| Dallas Black Hawks \| CHL \| 39	—	—	—	2160	99	4	2.75	— \| 4	—	—	—	219	14	0	3.83	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1973–74 \| Chicago Black Hawks \| NHL \| 10	7	0	2	537	20	1	2.23	.925 \| 2	0	1	—	80	5	0	3.75	.889
1974–75 \| Chicago Black Hawks \| NHL \| 9	1	5	1	459	36	0	4.71	.838 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1974–75 \| Dallas Black Hawks \| CHL \| 16	11	5	0	958	52	0	3.26	— \| 10	6	4	—	656	28	2	2.56	—
1975–76 \| Dallas Black Hawks \| CHL \| 62	28	22	9	3561	174	5	2.93	— \| 9	5	4	—	540	22	1	2.44	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1976–77 \| Chicago Black Hawks \| NHL \| 3	1	2	0	180	13	0	4.33	.887 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1976–77 \| Dallas Black Hawks \| CHL \| 40	17	15	6	2279	116	2	3.05	.897 \| 2	0	2	—	119	6	0	3.03	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1977–78 \| Chicago Black Hawks \| NHL \| 12	3	4	5	719	31	2	2.59	.920 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978–79 \| Chicago Black Hawks \| NHL \| 17	5	8	4	1016	60	0	3.54	.904 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1979–80 \| Chicago Black Hawks \| NHL \| 11	3	5	3	658	36	0	3.28	.903 \| 1	0	1	—	59	6	0	6.08	.760
1980–81 \| Hartford Whalers \| NHL \| 29	6	13	6	1579	118	1	4.48	.869 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1981–82 \| Hartford Whalers \| NHL \| 13	5	5	2	700	53	0	4.54	.880 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981–82 \| Binghamton Whalers \| AHL \| 22	13	8	1	1299	67	1	3.09	.880 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1982–83 \| Hartford Whalers \| NHL \| 23	5	16	1	1274	118	1	5.56	.855 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1983–84 \| Hartford Whalers \| NHL \| 4	1	3	0	240	20	0	5.00	.825 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1983–84 \| Winnipeg Jets \| NHL \| 8	4	1	2	419	26	0	3.72	.849 \| 1	0	0	—	40	4	0	6.00	.862
1983–84 \| Sherbrooke Jets \| AHL \| 5	1	4	0	259	24	0	5.56	.843 \| —	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan=3 \| NHL totals ! 139 !! 41 !! 62 !! 26 !! 7781 !! 531 !! 5 !! 4.09 !! .880 ! 4 !! 0 !! 2 !! — !! 179 !! 15 !! 0 !! 5.02 !! .848