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Honoring the great athletes from Cambria County.

Ed Johnston

Hockey, Class of 2014

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Ed Johnston Pittsburgh Penguins.
Ed Johnston goaltender of EHL champion Johnstown Jets.
Ed Johnston won two Stanley Cups with the Boston Bruins.
Ed Johnston receives EHL award with Johnstown Jets.
Pens GM Ed Johnston drafted Mario Lemieux first overall.

Ed Johnston on draft day.
Ed Johnston coaches Penguins with Mario Lemieux watching the action.

Accomplishments

  • Won an Eastern Hockey League championship as goaltender of the Johnstown Jets in 1959-60.
  • Played 3,779 minutes in 62 games and posted a 43-18-1 regular-season record with the Jets.
  • Made 13 playoff starts on Jets championship squad. Johnston was a first-team Eastern Hockey League all-star.
  • Was the last NHL goaltender to play every minute of every game in a season, accomplishing the ironman feat with the Boston Bruins in a 70-game season in 1963-64.
  • Professional hockey career included 22 seasons as a player and 31 years as a coach or part of management — more than 50 years in the pro game.
  • Won Stanley Cup championships as a goaltender with the Boston Bruins in 1970 and 1972 and earned a third ring in 2009 as Pittsburgh Penguins senior advisor for hockey operations.
  • As a player, appeared in 591 NHL games and posted a 236-256-87 record with 32 shutouts.
  • Served as Pittsburgh Penguins as coach, general manager and advisor for 25 years.
  • As GM he drafted Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux in 1984.
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Classes

  • 1965
  • 1967
  • 1969
  • 1971
  • 1973
  • 1975
  • 1978
  • 1981
  • 1984
  • 1990
  • 1998
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  • 2020

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Fast Facts

First Banquet: 1965
First Chairman: Richard Mayer
First Banquet Location: Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Number of Banquets: 20 through 2018
Total Inductees: 142
Female Inductees: 20
Male Inductees: 122
Largest Class: 18 in 1965
Most Inductees: Football (44)
2018 Chairman: Bruce Haselrig
2018 Master of Ceremonies: Tim Rigby
2018 Banquet Location: Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center

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