Tom Barrasso

Tom Barrasso

Thomas Patrick Barrasso (born March 31, 1965) is a retired American professional ice hockey goaltender who played 18 seasons for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, and St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League, and the only goaltender to ever play in the NHL directly from high school, without having played major junior, college, or some other form of professional hockey first. The youngest winner of the league's Vezina Trophy for best goaltender, as an 18-year old rookie in 1984, he was inducted as a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009.

He won successive Stanley Cups in 1991 and 1992 with the Pittsburgh Penguins, and was an assistant coach and in charge of goaltending development for the Carolina Hurricanes for 5 years. On June 8, 2012 it was announced that Barrasso would be joining Paul Maurice on the coaching staff of Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.