In his last season with Toronto, I was at a Bruins home game with my son who was attending his first-ever NHL game. After the warmup, Felix handed his stick through the glass to my son. After the game, the Leafs trainer took it down to the dressing room and got it signed. A few years later, we enjoyed him at Boston at the end of his career. Needless to say, we are fans of Felix.

Felix Potvin is definitely one of the most iconic/popular goalies of the 90's.... Such a fun goaltender to watch. I hope he's doing well in life

I've only ever been to one NHL game (I'm a filthy Euro). Parents took me to Toronto in 95 (I think). Flames vs Leafs up in the rafters of Maple Leaf Gardens. Potvin got the win 4-3. 13 year old me had a great time. There was even a fight... in the crowd.

Loved him in Toronto! Fond memories of watching him play with the leafs when I was young. In my opinion he had the nicest helmet / gear of all time!

One of my favorites of all time, had a Felix the Cat sticker on my helmet because of him. That 94 Vancouver/Toronto Series is an all time classic!

Steve Dangle is gonna love this one lol

I had an old felix the cat poster on my wall growing up, underrated goalie imo

Felix Potvin was THE reason I started to watch hockey and become a goaltender myself. Everything about him was so damn cool, from his mask , to his iconic pads, he was the man.

He was a hero to us leafs fans back when I was a kid. He had the coolest gear and the best posters. I used to try to mimic his stance (unsuccessfully) when I played in goal. Just the two playoff runs from 93 and 94 are enough for leafs fans to always love this guy. PS this guy doing the videos is absolutely brilliant…subscribed!

2002 Playoff run in LA got me and a lot of my friends into hockey. I’m 33 now and was too young for Gretzky. Many people out here in SoCal aren’t Kings fans until they win a few series and man those back to back playoff runs with the Avs were as exciting as it gets. I remember people were like the Kings won another game ???? Whoaaa , good times … Shout out to ESPN and Steve Levy who did a lot of those broadcasts!! Got me into hockey!!

Thank You! he was the reason I played goalie , my all time favorite hockey player.

Loved his mask and when he beat up Hextall

Also, Joey Lauren Adams wearing a Potvin sweater in Chasing Amy. Fond memories.

if the kings played defence infront of felix we could’ve maybe won game 7 against Colorado in the west semifinals

Obviously, the Thing about Potvin is that he was able to establish him as a brand, with his Helmet and Pads - early in his career. That will remind Fans of that time - otherwise, no one would think about a "solid" Goaltenter. Greetings from Germany

Potvin was a legend, my favorite Leaf goalie...

One of my all time favorite goalies. His pads, made me a huge fan of the Brians brand.

Potvin is one of my favorite goalies simply based on him nearly dragging a massively overmatched kings team past my Avs and into the conference finals. He was just so good in that run

Felix Potvin was always my favorite player as a kid. I still have a decent Felix Potvin Hockey Card collection that I'm rather fond of. What's interesting is that I've always been a Red Wings fan, so consequently more than a few Red Wings players have eclipsed him since then. The Potvin/Sundin/Gilmore era of the 90's were the last Maple Leafs team that I really liked. However, I miss all the great players from the 90's in general. What a time it was.

One Point of note on the 91/92 Season. Felix was the Backup to, Trevor Kidd, on 91/92 Canada WJC Team. That won Gold in Saskatoon.

One of my all time favorite goalies

I always have fond memories of watching the Leafs as a kid. It was a family ritual in my house. Those early nighties had some of the best Leaf moments ever. Everyone in my family remembers Felix Potvin those years.

Felix Potvin video less than a week after a Steve Dangle guest appearance? Coincidence? Absolutely not!

I was a Potvin freak in the 90s and everyone seems to forget that with the leafs abysmal resume the last 50+ years, he’s clearly one of the best goalies they’ve had in decades.

As a Sharks fan I will always remember Felix the Cat for that 1994 series against Toronto but mostly I remember him as a solid goaltender for the Los Angeles Kings in the early 2000's. The first time I actually rooted for the Kings was that miracle 2001 upset of the mighty Detroit Red Wings. I always respected Potvin and the mask was pretty cool also😎

I enjoyed watching "Felix the Cat" play. I went to a game in BC where he was behind the net and turned over the Puck but came flying around the front of the net to make I think a stick save. You held your breathe and was then amazed at his quick reflexes. I also remember "backup Bob" who played pretty steady as a Canuck backup goalie.

My fav of all time without question. So under rated it's insane. - His weak spot wasn't high glove (true story not many know, watch how he holds his glove he holds it close to his body to give the illusion its empty space to shoot at because he knows he can save it). it was high blocker and 5 hole and honestly just always being so far back in the crease in general. He relied too heavily on his reflexes which were the best in the league but his positioning could have easily saved a goal a game had he worked on it. It's a shame. Still when you think about Toronto's goalies...Felix, then Cujo, Then Eddie Belfour and STILL nothing to come of it. Someone please just give us a prayer. lmao please.

Thank you for making this video, Shannon. Felix Potvin is my all-time favorite NHL player, and I enjoyed following his career. I've created countless drawings of his mask over the years! Felix was a good goalie and is a very good person.

He used to play deep in his crease at the line and taunt shooters, and then take it away with his fast cat-like reflexes. Amazing goalie!

He’s the best Leaf’s goalie of most of our lifetimes.

retired to early still had game left-good career...in his defence played on some real shitty teams-good fighter too...iconic mask for sure....one of my fav tenders....thanks for the look back...

Always been a Potvin fan first, before any team. Never cared much about the stats, he just looked rad doin it. Even without HOF numbers, the guy still reached LEGEND status in my opinion. Absolute style king. Enjoyed the career review!

He had a great first 3 years in Toronto. Start to some nice tenders in Toronto from him to Cujo

My favourite goalie 95-99! When I was 9-13 🙂 but was Maple Leafs fan then because of Mats Sundin.

I remember 27 years ago in September taking a short two minute walk from my apartment to maple leaf gardens and watching them play Montreal who didn't play Patrick Roy (preseason). Potvin was expected to be the next Patrick Roy in Montreal and the close runs that occurred in '93, '94 was them now expecting that to happen. Hype back then was huge in Toronto as the only way I could ever watch a game was preseason as tickets were too hard and expensive for the regular year.

Not too long ago, he was coaching in AAA for the Magog Cantonniers. He led his team to the 2019 Telus Cup tournament in Thunder Bay (where I called every game on the livestream except the final). They went undefeated in the round robin, but they would end up losing the final in overtime to the Toronto Young Nationals. I've been calling junior A games for a while in Thunder Bay, but prior to that, I had never done so many games in such a short period of time.

From his time with the Islanders, the biggest thing was Felix Potvin was the most prominent Felix to play on Long Island since Felix Millan. (Yes, Queens is part of Long Island). However, he wasn't the most prominent Potvin. He wasn't even the second most prominent Potvin. But they did get Dave Scatchard for him, and I loved Dave Scatchard as a player.

A lot of 90's goalies had better reputations back then than their stats show today. Felix was one of those. Not saying they we're no good, just that there was a lot of talented keepers who had up and down careers.

Felix was my favourite growing up an hour outside of Toronto. Brian Papineau, who's famous for squirting the water bottle after Borchevsky's game 7 OT winner in 93 vs Detroit, is from the same town as me. His father coincidentally painted my kitchen in 96/97 and I was able to get Felix's autograph through him.

leafs legend but my favourite potvin memory was when he pushed colorado to a game 7 with back to back shut outs and then they handled him in game 7.

I loved his mask aswell. I had the 93-94 Leaf Painted Warrior card on my wall

I was like what video to watch then I saw Felix the Cat one of my favorite goalie

Thank you for this Shannon! Loved Potvin when I was younger no matter where he went.

You are right, Potvin was good in Boston that one year. People forget that he was essentially the back up to rookie Andrew Raycroft. Together they made a good duo.

i was supposed to see Vancouver play Edmonton that fateful day in Feb 2001. my sister and i both got sick on the 6 hour drive there. food poisoning. so we got rid of our tickets. Before puck drop, the Cat got traded to LA who just so happened to be playing Edmonton the very next day. got to see his first game as a King.

Always had a soft spot for the Cat! A much better goaltender than I think many thought he would be.

Steve Dangle will like this video. He loves Felix

Great video guy was my first hockey hero , No idea he played that much outside of Toronto was an all around legend, how many of these teams were actually good teams he played for outside of Toronto 95:96 and 97 they were just selling the farm

The Cat with his KOHO pads! He went from a salad bowl Cooper helmet with cage to a proper mask. The come up was real.

One thing I thought Shannon might mention about the Canucks' controversial decision to send Potvin to LA was that the Kings were then about 12 points out of a playoff spot. Then they get hot and Potvin nearly knocked the Canucks out of playoff contention in the third and second to last games of the season (that's kind of a recurring theme with the Canucks, as they gave up series winning goals in 2003 and 2004 to former Canucks Hendrickson and Gelinas, respectively). LA won 3-1 in LA but then the Canucks managed to eke out that thrilling OT victory in Vancouver where Harold Druken scored to tie the game and then pot the winner (with some nice assists from Todd Bertuzzi). It was also the game where Nazzy, who was injured, came out on his crutches and greeted the crowd beforehand. Nice video and a good career for Potvin (and thank you for not pushing us out of the playoffs in 2001!)

Just got my THG gear, a t-shirt. Thanks Shannon, So sik. I loved Felix, all time fav. But with a career GAA of 3.00 and so many goals against in both famous runs. The pessimist in me wonders, with a better goalie do we make finals? Was overplayed. No hate I miss Potvin. RIP Hextall.

Hell yes!!! I told myself I'd subscribe if you ever did a video on him!!! Thank you thank you thank you

Yes another great career video!

Hochey Guy, I'm used to you covering each topic at perfection, but here you failed to mention how awesomely spectacular Potvin was. Actually, he's in the top 5 of the most spectacular goalies ever.

My favorite goaltender as a kid. Great memories!

He played with St.John’s Maple Leafs took us to finals first year

Favorite of all time hands down reason I became a leafs fan still have my road hockey Helmut from my childhood

You should do career of Steve Heinze. Interesting story. Great guy I coach with him now. LA Kings High school hockey league coach of the year multiple times with multiple championships.

Felix the Cat One of my favorite goalies.

In the spirit of non-HOFers and for me still having a soft spot for the long-gone Whalers, how about Geoff Sanderson or Kevin Dineen, or even Sean Burke?

On of my favourite players as a kid

I have to watch this as a fellow Felix The Cat :)

Using a kings thumbnail for felix is down right criminal

Funnily enough, I was just looking at my Felix pattern painted mask. I’ll post soon..

Loved his hockey cards

Nice job, would love to see you do a Ron Hextall career retrospective!

Took that powerhouse 2001 Avalanche team to seven games. Would have been amazing had they won. Also, no offense, but what is it with those late 90's Canucks letting go of two starting-caliber goaltenders in Irbe and Potvin? They could have used either

Speaking of goalies. A career of Ed Belfour video would be really cool!

I remember him being very good but with a penchant for letting in a soft killer goal. In the low scoring dead puck era this made him look very streaky, if he played a decade later he'd be much better thought of.

the best goalie ever for me

Not one of the greats, but for sure one of the very good ones.

Yeah, I never understood why the Kings played him so much in '01-'02. His backup was Jamie Storr and he had a pretty good year. I looked it up, in 19 games he was 9-4-3 with a .922 save percentage, 1.90 goals against (!) and two shut outs. Granted, with more games those numbers probably would have gone down, but still hardly a sieve. Should have let him take some of the workload off Potvin.

Said it before but it bears repeating: high glove on a goalie is not unlike a hard punch to the liver of a fighter.

The best Leaf goalie drafted and brought through their system in a long time, before and definitely since.

As an Isles fan I absolutely hated this trade. Berard had just won the Calder two years ago. To trade one of your best players for an unhappy injured goalie was insane. Even worse since they had Tommy Salo who was as good and possibly better then Potvin.

Potvin was the main reason I liked the Kings as a kid.

Felix The Cat... Is he a HOF'er? there is certainly an argument to be made for sure - especially given how clutch he was and how he shined in the playoffs. Unfortunately the HOF goalie standards are much higher than for skaters, I mean there are several goalies that really should be in that aren't - Curtis Joseph and Chris Osgood are a couple, I mean it's criminal they're not it - but what about guys like Potvin, McLean, Liut or Beezer among a handful? look, if any of those guys got in you would hear no complaints from me - I think they all belong. I've been watching hockey for 35+ years now and there are only a handful of goalies I've seen play over the years that are in the HOF Belfour, Hasek, Brodeur, Fuhr, Billy Smith and Roy off the top of my head, that's not a lot over a 35 year span but if goalies need to have careers like that to get in then the HOF is a joke. On one hand they want the HOF exclusive but they put guys like Glen Anderson, Bernie Federko, Guy Carbeneau or Gump Worsley in but keep Bernie Nicholls, Charlie Simmer, Dave Taylor, Steve Larmer, Chris Osgood and Curtis Joseph out????? In what universe is Bill Smith any "better" than Chris Osgood or Cujo?? right... And no I'm not implying that Smith doesn't belong, what I'm saying is they all do because one cant make an objective er legitimate argument that Billy Smith is any more worthy than Chris Osgood, that's all... Sorry about the HOF rant when this is supposed to be about The Cat, lol - still, this involves him too. smh

Though I never watched Felix play, I know he's beloved. He kinda gives me James Reimer vibes. Two beauties.

This career sumarry content is great, anyway like most on your channel ;) I'm NYI fan since I saw transmission with my compatriot Mariusz Czerkawski... nowhere I can't find a summary of his career, is there a chance that Czerkawski will be here on the channel one day? :) Best regards from Poland.

Do a Steve Thomas career video!!!

We need a Sergei Berezin video next Shannon -all leaf fans

My dude. This is the content i subscribed for. But you need to do Blues players. Demitra. Turgeon. Eastwood. Cajanek. Tkachuk. Paul Kariya. Cmon Shannon. Blues are one of the best franchises ever!

Felix Potvin will most likely be remembered more for his fight against Ron Hextall than his playing career (1993 Playoffs notwithstanding)

THE CAT

Terry Sawchuk please??? Thanks:)

how about a video on my hero THE BIG M

POTVIN 29 - my blue Leafs jersey. Was at the 1990 Draft in Vancouver when he was drafted. Wonder what his career trajectory would have been if the Leafs hadn’t signed Joseph?

Indeed Potvin has been forgotten, if you're looking to bring light to "the forgotten" then how about a video on Beezer, Mike Liut, Charlie Simmer or Dave Taylor? Heck Kevin Stevens, Bernie Nicholls and Rob Brown too, tho I'm not suggesting that Rob Brown is worthy of much as far as honors but he did have a very "interesting" career to say the least and a very "interesting" personality to go with it, lol.. Not the most humble guy to say the least.. Another great subject for a video would be Joe Murphy as well, he was pretty damn good in his prime and it's unfortunate how things worked out for him..

Stumbled onto this page, but how does someone who looks like he has never touched ice say 12-8-6 as a back up isn't good. If my back up secured me points in 18 of 28 starts with a plus 900 save percentage I would be very happy.

i would commit soooo many crimes to get my hands on the kings potvin jersey in the thumbnail in my size of course

Best mask in modern Nhl history

My friends favorite player

He was solid in those Toronto years. They just couldn't get over the hump.

Remember his first game as a nuck first shot goal

Not only great masks but awesome pads as well.

Felix the 🐱 Potvin my third favorite leaf behind Clark and Gilmour

Thanks! Grew up pretending to be "The Cat" while playing mini-sticks with my brother in the hallway.

Thanks, ever done Roger Crozier

he was my idol as a child ah lol

So Felix is the Matt Murray of today? lol (not including the cups lol)