“Mike Vernon is a Hall of Famer and he deserves to be there. I would say that the Flames have two (Hall of Fame goalies). “There was a time when he won the Vezina.

Rich Wamsley, a backup goalie with Calgary (1988-92), once described Mike Vernon as “inch for inch, pound for pound, the best small goalie to ever play in the National Hockey League.” ...

Mike Vernon, the Conn Smythe Trophy-winning goaltender who helped the Detroit Red Wings end a 42-year Stanley Cup championship drought, was selected to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

Two, Mike Vernon and Dominik Hasek, are in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The other, Chris Osgood, has the credentials to get there, with 401 wins and three Cups, including two as a starter.

Henrik Lundqvist is the headliner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s goaltender-heavy class of 2023, which also includes Stanley Cup champions Tom Barrasso and Mike Vernon.

FILE – San Jose Sharks goalie Mike Vernon blocks a shot by a Detroit Red Wings player in the first period, Tuesday night, Dec. 16, 1997, in San Jose, Calif. Vernon is one of five players elected ...

Mike Vernon will enter the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday well aware that he was fortunate to play in the NHL when he did. ... “He’s a goalie too,” Vernon said, “but he towers over me.

"I loved the way he played," said former New York Rangers goalie Mike Richter, who won the Cup in 1994 at 5-10. "I wasn't a particularly big goalie, but I have to say I towered over him.

TORONTO- The Hockey Hall of Fame has announced its 2023 class, including former Red Wings goalie Mike Vernon, Henrik Lundqvist, Tom Barrasso, Caroline Ouellette, Pierre Turgeon, Ken Hitchcock, and ...

Vernon wasn’t the tallest goalie in the NHL, standing at just 5-foot-7, making him a rare breed in a position usually dominated by giants. ... Mike Vernon remembers one allowed goal.

Mike Vernon was a hockey legend, with highlights of his career dominating TV screens in the 1980s and 1990s. Now, Icemen fans are becoming familiar with the Vernon name once again through Matt ...

The Red Wings' former star Wednesday again missed out on into induction of the Hockey Hall of Fame, but a dream came true for another former Red Wing: Goaltender Mike Vernon, who made his mark ...