Jordan Binnington

Summary

Jordan Binnington is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). Binnington was raised in Richmond Hill and Toronto, Ontario. He played major junior hockey for the Owen Sound Attack of the Ontario Hockey League, winning the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy as best goaltender of the 2011 Memorial Cup and the 2013 Jim Rutherford Trophy as the OHL goaltender of the year. He was selected by the Blues in the third round, 88th overall, of the 2011 NHL entry draft. Binnington played for Canada in the 2013 IIHF World U20 Championship. He spent seven seasons in the minor leagues, with a brief call-up to the NHL in 2014 as an emergency goaltender before making his NHL on-ice debut in 2016. In December 2018, he was called up by the Blues and within a month became their starting goaltender. His play helped the team improve from last place in the league to winning the 2019 Stanley Cup championship. He is the first NHL rookie goaltender to earn 16 wins in a single postseason, the maximum number possible. He is the all-time wins leader for two franchises, the St. Louis Blues and the Owen Sound Attack.