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Mar 31, 1965 Boston, Massachusetts, United States 59 years old
American ice hockey goaltender
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About Tom Barrasso
- Thomas Patrick Barrasso (born March 31, 1965) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player.
- Barrasso was a goaltender for 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, and St.
- Louis Blues.
- He was the only goaltender to ever play in the NHL directly from high school, without having played major junior, college, or some other form of professional hockey first.
- He was the youngest winner of the league's Vezina Trophy for best goaltender, as an 18-year-old rookie in 1984.
- He was also the youngest goaltender to win Calder Memorial Trophy, a record he still holds as of the end of 2017-18 season.
- Barrasso was a member of successive Stanley Cup championship teams in 1991 and 1992 with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
- He was inducted as a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009. After retiring from active play, Barrasso was an assistant coach and in charge of goaltending development for the Carolina Hurricanes for five years.
- In June 2012, Barrasso joined former Hurricanes coach Paul Maurice on the coaching staff at Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League.
- In 2016 he joined Asiago Hockey in the Alps Hockey League as their head coach, winning the championship during the 2017-18 season.
- In October 2018, Barasso left Asiago to become head coach of the Sheffield Steelers of the EIHL.
