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Kevin Weekes
Born (1975-04-04) April 4, 1975 (age 49)
Toronto, ON, CAN
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NHL team
Former teams		 New Jersey Devils
New York Rangers
Carolina Hurricanes
Tampa Bay Lightning
New York Islanders
Vancouver Canucks
Florida Panthers
NHL draft 41st overall, 1993
Florida Panthers
Playing career 1993–present
Website [1]

Kevin Weekes (born April 4, 1975, in Toronto) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender of Bajan descent, currently playing for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League.

Playing career

Kevin's career started with the Owen Sound Platers of the Ontario Hockey League. He also had a brief stint with the Ottawa 67's.

Chosen 41st overall by the Florida Panthers in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, he joined the team for the 1997–98 season, going 0–5–1 in 11 appearances for the Panthers. The following summer he was traded to the Vancouver Canucks in a trade for Pavel Bure and compiled a 6–15–5 record in 31 appearances over a season and a half before being traded to the New York Islanders halfway through the 1999–2000 season. At the conclusion of that season he was traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he played until late in the 2001–02 season when he was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes.

He played in a tandem with Arturs Irbe, helping lead the Hurricanes to the 2002 Stanley Cup Finals while recording two shutouts in the playoffs, establishing a Hurricanes team record.

He signed with the New York Rangers as a free agent prior to the 2004–05 NHL lockout, winning his first start with the Rangers on October 5, 2005, in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers. He became an unrestricted free agent following a less than stellar 2006–07 season. On July 5, 2007, he signed with the New Jersey Devils to serve as a backup to Martin Brodeur.

Transactions

  • August 26, 2004 - Signed with the New York Rangers as a free-agent.
  • July 5, 2007 - Signed with the New Jersey Devils as a free-agent.

Career statistics

Season Team League GP MIN W L T/OTL GA SO GAA
1997–98 Florida Panthers NHL 11 485 0 5 1 32 0 3.96
1998–99 Vancouver Canucks NHL 11 532 0 8 1 34 0 3.83
1999–00 Vancouver Canucks NHL 20 986 6 7 4 47 1 2.86
1999–00 New York Islanders NHL 36 2,025 10 20 4 115 1 3.41
2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 61 3,377 20 33 3 177 4 3.14
2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 19 829 3 9 0 40 2 2.89
2001–02 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 2 119 2 0 0 3 0 1.50
2002–03 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 51 2,965 14 24 9 126 5 2.55
2003–04 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 66 3,764 23 30 11 146 6 2.33
2005–06 New York Rangers NHL 32 1850 14 14 3 91 0 2.95
2006–07 New York Rangers NHL 14 761 4 6 2 43 0 3.39
2007–08 New Jersey Devils NHL 9 343 2 2 1 17 0 2.97
NHL totals 332 18,042 98 158 39 871 19 2.90

Trivia

His parents emigrated from Barbados.

The reason Weekes sometimes wore jersey number 80 was he wanted to wear 00. However, the NHL does not allow a player to wear single or double zero jerseys. "Shady 80" chose the number that most closely resembled 00. Upon signing with New Jersey, as a result of the team's policy of wearing jerseys 1–40 with exception of marquee players, he was given jersey number 1. [citation needed]

See also

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