Played on 4 Stanley Cup Teams

Winner of the Vezina Trophy

First team goaltender 1960 - 1962 All-Stars

(Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame)

Johnny Bower joined the Maple Leafs at the age of 34. He played on four Stanley Cup teams and won the Vezina trophy twice.
Bower played 552 games compiling 32,016 minutes, winning 251 games, losing 196 and tying 90. His goals against average was 2.52 during the regular season, which included 37 shutouts.
His play-off record was 74 games (4,350 minutes), winning 35 games, losing 34 and tying none, for a goals against average of 2.54 which included 5 shutouts.
Along with his induction to the Hockey Hall of Fame, he is also a member of both the Providence and Cleveland Hockey Halls of Fame.
Johnny Bower started wearing a face protector in the 1969 - 1970 season after playing seventeen seasons in the National Hockey League.
Johnny Bower retired as an player in 1970 and became a scout for the Maple Leafs.
A goal that Bower had, but one he was never able to accomplish, was that of being able to score a goal in the N.H.L.

As of May 02, 1997 as noted in the Toronto Star "Where are they now ... the 1966-67 Maple Leafs", Johnny Bower had retired in Toronto and does charity work and has a goalie school.