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NHL

ALLAN BESTER

March 26, 1964  (62 yrs)
Hamilton, ON, CA

Goaltender  (Shoot left)
5'7"  (155 LBS)

Entry drafts	OHL - 1981 R16 #217 BRANTFORD ALEXANDERS NHL - 1983 R3 #48 TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS
NHL earnings	$ 367 893

STATS ALLAN BESTER
PER SEASON		GP	W	L	OL	SO	S%
81-82	OHL - ALE	19	4	11	-	-	-
82-83	OHL - ALE	56	29	21	-	-	-
83-84	NHL - TOR	32	11	16	-	-	.883
	U20 - CA	2	2	-	-	1	.000
84-85	NHL - TOR	15	3	9	-	1	.874
	AHL - SAI	30	9	18	-	-	.866
85-86	NHL - TOR	1	-	-	-	-	.600
	AHL - SAI	50	23	23	-	1	.881
86-87	NHL - TOR	36	10	14	-	2	.889
	AHL - SAI	3	2	-	-	-	.937
87-88	NHL - TOR	30	8	12	-	2	.884
88-89	NHL - TOR	43	17	20	-	2	.890
89-90	NHL - TOR	42	20	16	-	-	.873
	AHL - SAI	5	2	1	-	-	.891
90-91	NHL - TOR	6	-	4	-	-	.860
	NHL - DET	3	-	3	-	-	.869
	AHL - SAI	19	7	8	-	1	.909
91-92	NHL - DET	1	-	-	-	-	.778
	AHL - RED	22	13	8	-	-	.879
92-93	AHL - RED	41	16	15	-	1	.896
95-96	NHL - DET	10	4	5	-	-	.899
PER LEAGUE		GP	W	L	OL	SO	S%
NHL		219	73	99	-	7	.883
AHL		170	72	73	-	3	.886
OHL		75	33	32	-	-	-
U20		2	2	-	-	1	.000

STATS ALLAN BESTER
PER SEASON		GP	W	OW	SW	L	OL	SL	T	GA	SA	SV%	SO	AV	G	A	PM
1981-82	OHL - ALE	19	4	-	-	11	-	-	-	68	68	-	0	4.21	-	1	4
1982-83	OHL - ALE	56	29	-	-	21	-	-	3	188	188	-	0	3.51	-	-	16
1983-84	NHL - TOR	32	11	-	-	16	-	-	4	134	1144	.883	0	4.35	-	-	-
	U20 - CA	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	.000	1	-	-	-	-
1984-85	NHL - TOR	15	3	-	-	9	-	-	1	54	430	.874	1	4.22	-	-	-
	AHL - SAI	30	9	-	-	18	-	-	1	133	993	.866	0	4.78	-	-	2
1985-86	NHL - TOR	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	5	.600	0	6.00	-	-	-
	AHL - SAI	50	23	-	-	23	-	-	3	173	1455	.881	1	3.64	-	1	6
1986-87	NHL - TOR	36	10	-	-	14	-	-	3	110	991	.889	2	3.65	-	-	-
	AHL - SAI	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	95	.937	0	1.89	-	-	-
1987-88	NHL - TOR	30	8	-	-	12	-	-	5	102	879	.884	2	3.81	-	-	-
1988-89	NHL - TOR	43	17	-	-	20	-	-	3	156	1420	.890	2	3.80	-	-	-
1989-90	NHL - TOR	42	20	-	-	16	-	-	-	165	1296	.873	0	4.49	-	-	-
	AHL - SAI	5	2	-	-	1	-	-	1	18	165	.891	0	4.09	-	-	-
1990-91	NHL - TOR	6	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	18	129	.860	0	4.37	-	-	-
	NHL - DET	3	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	13	99	.869	0	4.38	-	-	-
	AHL - SAI	19	7	-	-	8	-	-	4	58	639	.909	1	3.01	-	1	2
1991-92	NHL - DET	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	9	.778	0	3.87	-	-	-
	AHL - RED	22	13	-	-	8	-	-	-	78	643	.879	0	3.69	-	4	2
1992-93	AHL - RED	41	16	-	-	15	-	-	5	133	1277	.896	1	3.52	-	-	8
1995-96	NHL - DET	10	4	-	-	5	-	-	1	30	297	.899	0	3.00	-	-	-
PER LEAGUE		GP	W	OW	SW	L	OL	SL	T	GA	SA	SV%	SO	AV	G	A	PM
NHL		219	73	-	-	99	-	-	17	786	6699	.883	7	4.01	-	-	-
AHL		170	72	-	-	73	-	-	15	599	5267	.886	3	3.72	-	6	20
OHL		75	33	-	-	32	-	-	3	256	256	-	0	3.67	-	1	20
U20		2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	.000	1	-	-	-	-

NHL SALARIES

ALLAN BESTER

NHL	AGE	SALAIRE	CAP HIT	TOTAL
1989-90	25	172 660	-	172 660
1990-91	26	195 233	-	367 893
TOTAL			367 893	-

TRANSACTIONS

ALLAN BESTER

March 5, 1991

Allan Bester is traded to the Detroit Red Wings. In return, the Toronto Maple Leafs acquired 6th round draft pick in 1991 (#120: Alexander Kuzminski).

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