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Cam Talbot
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Born July 5, 1987 (1987-07-05) (age 36)
Caledonia, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 193 lb (88 kg; 13 st 11 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NHL team
Former teams
Minnesota Wild
New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames
NHL Draft Undrafted
Playing career 2010–present

Cam Talbot (born Cameron Solomon Talbot on July 5, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing Career[]

Collegiate Playing Career[]

Cam played college hockey at the University of Alabama in Huntsville.

In the 2009–10 season, he was named to the All-College Hockey America Second Team and was named Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the CHA Tournament while leading the Chargers to a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Professional Playing Career[]

On March 30, 2010, the NHL's New York Rangers signed Cam as a free agent.

He was promoted to the Rangers on February 28, 2011, after playing the majority of the 2010–11 season with the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League (AHL) (he also played two ECHL games with the Greenville Road Warriors) and was returned to the Whale on March 3, 2011.

Cam played the 2011–12 season with Connecticut, but after Connecticut was eliminated from the AHL playoffs, he was added to the Rangers' Stanley Cup playoff roster.

After the 2012–13 Whale season, Cam was again added to the Rangers' playoff roster. He was again called up to the Rangers on October 15, 2013 after Martin Biron was demoted to the AHL, finding himself a place in the NHL for the first time as the backup to starter Henrik Lundqvist.

Cam made his on-ice NHL debut on October 24 in a 2–1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. His first NHL win came in his next game, against the Detroit Red Wings, on October 26, 2013 and earned his first NHL shutout against the Montreal Canadiens on November 16, 2013. In the 2014 playoffs, he twice entered to relieve Lundqvist en route to the Rangers' Eastern Conference title before ultimately falling to the Los Angeles Kings in the Finals.

For the 2014–15 season, Cam began the year as the Rangers' backup goaltender and in his first eight games played, he recorded three shutouts, matching his total from the entire previous season.

On February 3, 2015, he became New York's temporary starting goaltender after Henrik Lundqvist suffered a ruptured blood vessel in his neck. Cam started the Rangers' next 24 games until March 27, 2015 when Lundqvist returned to the lineup.

During Lundqvist's absence, Cam recorded a 17–4–3 record, including two shutout wins and three overtime wins. For his remarkable efforts towards New York's Presidents' Trophy-winning season, he received the Steve McDonald Extra Effort Award on April 6, 2015.

On June 27, 2015, Cam was traded by the Rangers to the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for picks in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.

International Play[]

Medal record
Ice hockey
Competitor for Template:Ihj East
World Junior A Challenge
Silver 2006 Yorkton


Career Statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP W L T/OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2004–05 Hamilton Red Wings OPJHL 19
2005–06 Hamilton Red Wings OPJHL 35 25 13 1 2046 87 1 2.55 .908 14 8 6 903 52 1 3.46 .891
2006–07 Hamilton Red Wings OPJHL 28 19 5 2 1644 57 1 2.08 .918 19 13 6 1243 51 0 2.46 .923
2007–08 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers CHA 13 1 10 0 583 45 0 4.63 .860
2008–09 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers CHA 24 2 16 3 1320 65 1 2.95 .907
2009–10 Alabama–Huntsville Chargers CHA 33 12 18 3 1958 85 1 2.61 .925
2009–10 Hartford Wolf Pack

AHL

1 0 0 0 19 3 0 9.70 .727
2010–11 Hartford Wolf Pack/CT Whale AHL 22 11 9 2 1308 62 2 2.84 .902 1 0 1 38 2 0 3.13 .917
2010–11 Greenville Road Warriors ECHL 2 1 0 1 122 5 0 2.46 .921
2011–12 Connecticut Whale AHL 33 14 15 1 1865 81 4 2.61 .913 9 5 4 571 20 2 2.10 .939
2012–13 Connecticut Whale AHL 55 25 28 1 3105 136 2 2.63 .918
2013–14 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL 5 4 0 1 314 13 0 2.49 .924
2013–14 New York Rangers NHL 21 12 6 1 1211 33 3 1.64 .941 2 0 1 46 2 0 2.61 .846
2014–15 New York Rangers NHL 36 21 9 4 2095 77 5 2.21 .926
NHL totals 57 33 15 5 3306 110 8 2.00 .931 2 0 1 46 2 0 2.61 .846

International Statistics[]

Year Team Event Result GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2006 Canada East WJAC Template:Sica 4 3 1 0 240 7 0 1.75 .916
Junior totals 4 3 1 0 240 7 0 1.75 .916
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