Corey Crawford Biography, Age, Girlfriend, NHL, Injury, Contract, Networth

Publish date: 2024-04-17

Corey Crawford Biography

Corey Crawford is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. He is commonly known as a crow to his teammates and fans. He was selected in the second round, 52nd overall, by the Blackhawks in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He was born on 31st December 1984 in Montreal, Canada.

Corey was drafted in the 52nd overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks. He has spent his junior career playing for the Midget AAA Gatineau Intrépides, before spending his junior career with the Moncton Wildcats of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. He was the goaltender for the wild cats in the 2003–04 QMJHL playoffs. This was when they ousted the Rimouski Océanic in the semi-finals to advance to the President’s Cup final but lost that series to the Gatineau Olympiques.

Corey made his NHL debut with the Blackhawks on January 22, 2006, against the Minnesota Wild. He recorded his first career start against the St. Louis Blues on February 2, 2006. He finished the evening with five goals allowed and 29 saves in a 6–5 shootout loss. This recorded his first career win and shutout against the Anaheim Ducks on March 5, 2008. Crawford also recorded a strong performance against the Detroit Red Wings, stopping 45 of 47 shots in a 3–1 loss on March 11.

Corey was later re-signed to Black Hawks for another one year deal on July 21st, 2008. He was called from the American Hockey League to take the place of Nikolai Khabibulin, who had been injured two nights earlier. Corey made his first Stanley Cup playoff appearance on May 24, 2009, in the second period of the Western Conference Finals against the Detroit Red Wings, replacing Cristobal Huet. He stopped six of seven shots before being replaced by Huet after the second period.

The departures of Antti Niemi to the San Jose Sharks and Cristobal Huet to the Swiss National League A, Corey was promoted to back-up goaltender behind Marty Turco for the 2010–11 season. Later that season, he became the team’s starting goaltender, replacing the veteran Turco. He had a two-game shutout streak later in the season and compiled a 176:09 shutout streak from January 7 to 15, the longest by a Blackhawks netminder since Tony Esposito from January 16 to 30, 1972. From February 20 until March 5, 2011, Corey had an eight-game win streak, setting a new record for the longest such streak for a rookie. The streak was also one game short of the team record set by Glenn Hall.

Corey win of his  30th rookie season on March 28, 2011, at Detroit, made him became the first Blackhawks goaltender to reach the 30-win milestone since Jocelyn Thibault did it with 33 wins in the 2001–02 season. In his first playoff series against the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks, he recorded a 36-save shutout in game five of the 2011 Western Conference Quarter-finals, marking the first time he recorded a shutout in the NHL playoffs and the Blackhawks’ largest margin of victory (5–0) in franchise history in a playoff game. The Blackhawks ultimately lost the series to the Canucks in seven games, however, when Alexandre Burrows scored the series-winning overtime goal for Vancouver.

On March 23, 2015, Corey became the fourth goalie in Blackhawks franchise history to have four 30-win seasons. Crawford and Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens won the William M. Jennings Trophy for the 2014–15 season. He finished the season with 32–20–5, recording a 2.27 GAA, a .924 SV % and two shut outs. After allowing nine goals in two first-round playoff games against the Nashville Predators, he was benched in favor of rookie goaltender Scott Darling, who posted three wins and one loss against the Predators.

During the 2015–16 NHL season, Corey appeared in 58 games for the Blackhawks. He posted a 2.37 goals-against average, a .924 save percentage, 35 wins, and seven shutouts. In March 2016, The Blackhawks announced that Corey would miss an indefinite amount of time due to an unspecified upper-body injury. He finished the year with a career high 35 wins and tied his career high save percentage at .924. He also had a career-high seven shutouts, which also led the NHL among goalies. He broke Tony Esposito’s franchise playoff record for wins, with his 46th playoff win after stopping 29 shots in a 3-2 Game 2 victory over the St. Louis Blues.

Corey Crawford Age

Corey was born on 31st December 1984 ( he is 34 years old as of 2018 ).

Corey Crawford Wife|Girlfriend

Corey is not married he is with his girlfriend Kristy whom he has a child born in 2017.

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Corey Crawford injury

In the 2014–15 season with a 12–5–1 record, Corey injured his foot, however, on December 1, 2014, while attending a Rise Against concert. Due to this, Corey was expected to miss two-to-three weeks. He was selected to play in the 2015 NHL All-Star Game, one of six players selected via fan-vote

Corey Crawford contract

May 19, 2011, Corey signed a three-year, $8 million contract extension with the Blackhawks. After the 2010–11 season, he was named to the NHL All-Star Rookie Team.

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Corey Crawford concussion

Corey suffered a serious concussion on December 16 when San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane shoved teammate Dylan Strome into him. The Blackhawks placed Corey on IR again. He recorded a .902 save percentage and 3.28 goals-against average up to that point in the season. On February 25, 2019, The Blackhawks activated Corey from IR after missing 28 games.

Corey Crawford NHL

Corey made his NHL debut with the Blackhawks on January 22, 2006, against the Minnesota Wild, . He recorded his first career start against the St. Louis Blues on February 2, 2006. He finished the evening with five goals allowed and 29 saves in a 6–5 shootout loss.

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Corey Crawford Networth

Corey has an estimated net worth of 12 million dollars which he has earned from his career as a professional hockey player.

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