{"id":102383,"date":"2026-01-09T03:09:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T07:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/glenn-hall-nhl-legend-and-holder-of-an-unbeatable-record-passes-away\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:09:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T07:09:28","slug":"glenn-hall-nhl-legend-and-holder-of-an-unbeatable-record-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nhl\/glenn-hall-nhl-legend-and-holder-of-an-unbeatable-record-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Hall, NHL legend and holder of an unbeatable record, passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"The ice hockey world mourns the loss of Glenn Hall, Hall of Fame member and holder of an impressive record in the NHL.\n\nKnown as &#8220;Mr. Goalie&#8221;, Hall passed away at the age of 94, leaving an indelible legacy in the sport.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Untouchable Record<\/h2>\n\n\nHall is remembered for his amazing streak of 502 consecutive games as a starting goaltender, a record that still stands in the NHL.\n\nThis feat, achieved without the use of masks in an era where goalkeepers faced shots without protection, made him a legend.\n\n<h2>Pioneer and Champion<\/h2>\n\nHall was a pioneer of the &#8220;butterfly&#8221; goaltending style, kneeling to stop shots.\n\nHe led the Chicago Blackhawks to victory in the 1961 Stanley Cup and was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoffs&#8217; most valuable player in 1968, while playing for the St. Louis Blues.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Glenn was a resilient, reliable, and spectacular talent in goal.<\/p><cite>Gary Bettman, NHL commissioner<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nHis record of more than 500 consecutive matches in goal is one of the most impressive in the history of the sport.\n\nHall won the Calder Trophy as Rookie of the Year in 1956 with the Detroit Red Wings, and then was traded to Chicago.\n\nWith the Blackhawks, he won two of his three Vezina Trophies as the league&#8217;s best goaltender, in 1963 and 1967.\n\nHe helped the Blues reach the final in their first three years of existence, and won the Vezina again at age 37.\n\nHe retired in 1971, after one more season with St. Louis.\n\nHe was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1975, and his number 1 was retired by Chicago in 1988.\n\nHall was honored before Wednesday night&#8217;s game against St. Louis.\n\nGlenn Hall&#8217;s legacy will endure in the memory of hockey fans.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ice hockey world mourns the loss of Glenn Hall, Hall of Fame member and holder of an impressive record in the NHL. Known as &#8220;Mr. Goalie&#8221;, Hall passed away at the age of 94, leaving an indelible legacy in the sport. An Untouchable Record Hall is remembered for his amazing streak of 502 consecutive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[11355,4153,662,454],"class_list":{"0":"post-102383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-glenn-hall","9":"tag-goaltender","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-nhl"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}