# Dave Kerr

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This article is about the ice hockey player. For the film critic, see [Dave Kehr](/source/Dave_Kehr). For other uses, see [David Kerr (disambiguation)](/source/David_Kerr_(disambiguation)).

**David Alexander Kerr** (January 11, 1910 – May 11, 1978) was a Canadian [NHL](/source/National_Hockey_League) goaltender who played for the [Montreal Maroons](/source/Montreal_Maroons), [New York Americans](/source/New_York_Americans) and [New York Rangers](/source/New_York_Rangers).[1]

## Playing career

He played amateur hockey before joining the NHL, winning the [Allan Cup](/source/Allan_Cup) in 1930 with the [Montreal AAA](/source/Montreal_AAA) senior men's team.[2][3]

Kerr was most notable for his time with the New York Rangers. His four shutouts in a single playoff season in 1937 is a Rangers record (since tied by Mike Richter). In [1937-38](/source/1937-38_NHL_season), Kerr was selected to the [NHL second All-Star team](/source/NHL_second_All-Star_team). Kerr won a [Stanley Cup](/source/Stanley_Cup) with the New York Rangers in [1939-40](/source/1940_Stanley_Cup_Final). That year, he won the [Vezina Trophy](/source/Vezina_Trophy) for a Rangers team that led the league in goals allowed, and had a 19-game unbeaten streak (14-0-5). He was also selected to the [NHL first All-Star team](/source/NHL_first_All-Star_team) that year. As a Ranger, he only missed one game between 1934 and 1941, and started every game for five straight seasons (1936-1941).[4]

Kerr also was the NHL season leader in most games played by a goaltender (1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, and 1940–41), most shutouts (1937–38 and 1939–40), most playoff games played by a goaltender, most playoff minutes played by a goaltender, most playoff wins, most playoff shutouts, and lowest playoff goals-against average (all 1937 and 1940).[4]

Kerr was the second hockey player on the cover of *[Time](/source/Time_(magazine))* magazine, doing so on the March 14, 1938 edition.[5][6]

Kerr was the fifth goalie to win 200 games in a career and retired with the fourth most wins (204) along with 8th in shutouts (51).[7]

Kerr died at the age of 68 on May 11, 1978 in a hospital in [Belleville, Ontario](/source/Belleville,_Ontario) after a long illness.[8]

## Awards and achievements

- [Allan Cup](/source/Allan_Cup) (1930)
- [Vezina Trophy](/source/Vezina_Trophy) ([1940](/source/1939-40_NHL_season))
- [NHL first All-Star team](/source/NHL_All-Star_team) goalie (1940)
- NHL second All-Star team goalie ([1938](/source/1937-38_NHL_season))
- [Stanley Cup](/source/Stanley_Cup) ([1940](/source/1940_Stanley_Cup_Final))
- In the 2009 book *100 Ranger Greats*, the authors ranked Kerr at No. 19 all-time of the roughly 900 New York Rangers who had played during the first 83 seasons ([1926–27](/source/1926%E2%80%9327_New_York_Rangers_season) to [2008–09](/source/2008%E2%80%9309_New_York_Rangers_season)) of the franchise‘s existence.[9]

## Career statistics

### Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T Min GA SO GAA GP W L T Min GA SO GAA 1929–30 Montreal AAA MCHL 9 8 0 1 540 6 4 0.67 2 1 1 0 150 2 1 0.80 1929–30 Montreal CPR MCHL 9 3 2 4 540 10 3 1.11 2 0 1 0 120 4 0 2.00 1929–30 Montreal AAA A-Cup — — — — — — — — 9 7 0 2 610 5 5 0.49 1930–31 Montreal Maroons NHL 29 13 11 4 1769 70 1 2.37 2 0 2 0 120 8 0 4.00 1931–32 Windsor Bulldogs IHL 34 14 13 7 2140 68 6 1.91 — — — — — — — — 1931–32 New York Americans NHL 1 0 1 0 60 6 0 6.00 — — — — — — — — 1932–33 Montreal Maroons NHL 25 14 8 3 1520 58 4 2.29 2 0 2 0 120 5 0 2.50 1932–33 Philadelphia Arrows Can-Am 16 8 3 5 1020 31 2 1.81 — — — — — — — — 1933–34 Montreal Maroons NHL 48 19 18 11 3060 122 6 2.39 4 1 2 1 240 7 1 1.75 1934–35 New York Rangers NHL 37 19 12 6 2990 94 4 2.46 4 1 1 2 240 10 0 2.50 1935–36 New York Rangers NHL 47 18 17 12 2980 95 8 1.91 — — — — — — — — 1936–37 New York Rangers NHL 48 19 20 9 3020 106 4 2.11 9 6 3 0 553 10 4 1.08 1937–38 New York Rangers NHL 48 27 15 6 2960 96 8 1.95 3 1 2 0 262 8 0 1.83 1938–39 New York Rangers NHL 48 26 16 6 2970 105 6 2.12 1 0 1 0 119 2 0 1.01 1939–40 New York Rangers NHL 48 27 11 10 3000 77 8 1.54 12 8 4 0 770 20 3 1.56 1940–41 New York Rangers NHL 48 21 19 8 3010 125 2 2.49 3 1 2 0 192 6 0 1.88 NHL totals 427 203 148 75 26,139 954 51 2.15 40 18 19 3 2616 76 8 1.74

## References

1. ["Dave Kerr"](https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/k/kerrda01.html). Hockeyreference.com. Retrieved May 3, 2013.

1. ["Montreal AAA 1929-1930"](http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=11198&year0=1930). Elite Hockey Prospects. Retrieved May 3, 2013.

1. ["Allan Cup Archives"](http://www.allancup.ca/allancuparchivescores.htm#30's). allancup.ca. April 23, 2013.

1. ["Dave Kerr"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120904073818/http://rangers.nhl.com/club/atrplayer.htm?id=8450009). [New York Ranger](/source/New_York_Ranger). Archived from [the original](http://rangers.nhl.com/club/atrplayer.htm?id=8450009) on September 4, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2013.

1. Kreiser, John & Friedman, Lou (1996). *The New York Rangers: Broadway's Longest Running Hit*. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing, Inc. ISBN 978-1-58261-080-1.

1. [https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19380314,00.html](https://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19380314,00.html)

1. ["For combined seasons, up to 1940-41, playing goalie, in the regular season, sorted by descending Wins."](https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/jJEE7). *Stathead*. Retrieved February 25, 2026.

1. Harvin, Al (May 13, 1978). ["DAVE KERR,68,DIES; GOALIE FOR RANGERS"](https://www.nytimes.com/1978/05/13/archives/dave-kerr-68-dies-goalie-for-rangers-led-team-to-stanley-cup-in.html). *New York Times*

1. Cohen, Russ; Halligan, John; Raider, Adam (2009). *100 Ranger Greats: Superstars, Unsung Heroes and Colorful Characters*. [John Wiley & Sons](/source/John_Wiley_%26_Sons). p. 174. ISBN 978-0470736197.

## External links

- [Alumni Spotlight: Dave Kerr](https://web.archive.org/web/20060908011344/http://www.newyorkrangers.com/tradition/alumnispotlight.asp?Alumni=Kerr)

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