Topic: Andy Moog

Andrew Donald "Andy" Moog (pronounced /ˈmoʊɡ/ to rhyme with "vogue") was born February 18, 1960, in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. A retired ice hockey goaltender, he is the goaltending coach and monitors player development at all levels for the NHL's Dallas Stars.

Moog was previously the Dallas Stars' assistant coach. He has played for the WCHL's Kamloops Chiefs, WHL's Billings Bighorns, CHL's Wichita Wind, NHL's Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins, Dallas Stars, Montreal Canadiens and the Canadian national team. Moog is a three time Stanley Cup winner: 1984, 1985 and 1987. He earned the 1989–90 NHL season William M. Jennings Trophy for fewest total goals against the team during the regular season, sharing the trophy with his goaltending partner, Reggie Lemelin.

Moog was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in 1980 and spent most of the season in the minors, until injuries to goaltenders Ron Low and Eddie Mio forced him into action late in the season. He was spectacular in a three-game first round sweep of the Montreal Canadiens that year. The following year, Moog was expected to team up with Low in the Oilers net, but 19-year old Grant Fuhr surprisingly made the team out of training camp and Moog was once again relegated to the minors, appearing in only 8 NHL games all season. In 1982–83, Oilers general manager and coach Glen Sather decided to go with the young duo of Moog and Fuhr and traded away Low. Moog was given the nod in the playoffs, where he backstopped the Oilers to their first Stanley Cup Finals, though they were swept by the New York Islanders, who captured their fourth straight. The next year, however, Sather went with Fuhr in the 1984 playoffs, until he was injured in the third game of the Finals in a rematch against the Islanders. Moog stepped in and helped the Oilers to win the series, being in net for the Cup-clinching game. However, Fuhr continued to be the number one goalie for the subsequent seasons and, after demanding a trade, Moog walked out on the Oilers in 1987 to play for Team Canada at the Calgary Winter Olympics.