Randy Exelby
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1965)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey biography
| name = Randy Exelby
| played_for = Montreal Canadiens
Edmonton Oilers
| position = Goaltender
| catches = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 170
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|8|13|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| draft = 1986 NHL Supplemental Draft
| draft_team = Montreal Canadiens
| career_start = 1987
| career_end = 1991
}}
Randy Alan Exelby (born August 13, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in two games in the National Hockey League, one for the Montreal Canadiens in 1989 and one for the Edmonton Oilers in 1990. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1987 to 1991 was spent in the minor leagues.
Biography
Exelby was born in Toronto, Ontario. His father, Clare Exelby, is a former Canadian Football League player. His nephew Kyle Capobianco is also a professional ice hockey player.
As a youth, Exelby played in the 1978 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Shopsy's minor ice hockey team with future NHL goalie Bob Essensa.{{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=2019-01-14}}
Exelby made his NHL debut on January 27, 1989, against the Buffalo Sabres. He entered the game in the second period when the starting goalie, Patrick Roy, had to go to the washroom.{{cite web|last1=Weiner|first1=Dave|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/three-memorable-minutes/c-369428|title=Three memorable minutes|website=NHL.com|date=September 29, 2007|access-date=July 27, 2018}} He won the Rob Capellupo Award while playing for the Phoenix Roadrunners.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
In 1994, he started a chain of hockey equipment shops in the Phoenix, Arizona area called "Behind the Mask". It currently operates in three full-service retail stores. He had three team shops at all three Polar Ice locations and all three rinks are under the new ownership of AZ Ice and the Chandler location now the Peoria and Gilbert locations are now operated by Ice Den of Chandler.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" | Playoffs | |||||||||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% ! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV% | |||||||||||||||
| 1981–82
| COJHL | 27 | — | — | — | 1593 | 127 | 1 | 4.78 | —
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| 1982–83 | COJHL | 17 | — | — | — | 971 | 64 | 0 | 3.96 | —
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| 1982–83
| COJHL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 160 | 22 | 0 | 8.07 | —
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| 1983–84 | Lake Superior State University | CCHA | 21 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 905 | 75 | 0 | 4.97 | —
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| 1984–85
| Lake Superior State University | CCHA | 36 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 1999 | 112 | 0 | 3.36 | —
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| 1985–86 | Lake Superior State University | CCHA | 28 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1625 | 98 | 0 | 3.62 | —
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| 1986–87
| Lake Superior State University | CCHA | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1357 | 91 | 0 | 4.02 | —
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| 1987–88 | AHL | 19 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 1050 | 49 | 0 | 2.80 | —
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 212 | 13 | 0 | 3.68 | — |
| 1988–89
| NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.000
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| 1988–89 | Sherbrooke Canadiens | AHL | 52 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 2935 | 146 | 6 | 2.98 | —
| 6 | 1 | 4 | 329 | 24 | 0 | 4.38 | — |
| 1989–90
| NHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 5.01 | .828
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| 1989–90 | IHL | 41 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 2146 | 163 | 0 | 4.56 | —
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| 1990–91
| AHL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 245 | 20 | 0 | 4.90 | —
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| 1990–91 | IHL | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 785 | 65 | 0 | 4.97 | —
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| 1990–91
| ECHL | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 743 | 60 | 0 | 4.84 | —
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! colspan=3 | NHL totals ! 2 !! 0 !! 1 !! 0 !! 63 !! 5 !! 0 !! 4.77 !! .833 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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