DOUG FAVELL

'Doug Robert Favell' (born April 5, 1945 in St. Catharines, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender.

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Playing career

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Playing career

He played for the Philadelphia Flyers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Colorado Rockies during his NHL career. He holds the distinction of being the only player selected in both the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft and the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft. Selected by the Edmonton Oilers in 1979, he opted to retire instead of start fresh with a new franchise.
Favell's career is also inextricably linked to that of Hall of Fame goalie Bernie Parent.
Favell was also the first goalie to appear with a painted face-mask on Halloween, 1971. Gerry Cheevers had drawn 'stitch' markings on his mask previous to this. Painting the fibreglass mask became a popular trend among goalies in the 1970's and has continued with the face protection used today. Favell's painted designs are notable among the goalkeepers of his era. Oddly enough, a career-ending eye injury to Bernie Parent in 1979 caused goalies to move away from fibreglass masks to the cage and helmet style in use today.
Favell also played lacrosse professionally in the 1970's.
Favell, along with Parent, played goal for the Niagara Falls Flyers in the OHA 'junior' A league. After the club won the Memorial Cup in 1965, both goalies began their professional careers in the Boston Bruin organization. Over the next two seasons, Favell played in the Bruins farm system.
With the arrival of the six new expansion clubs for the 1967-68 NHL season, Favell and Parent were drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers. The goalies split the work that first season and led the Flyers to a first place finish in the NHL's Western division. Favell had a stellar 2.27 GAA(Goals Against Average) with 4 shutouts. Both goalies toiled for the Flyers until Parent was dealt to Toronto in February 1971.
Without Parent, Favell became the Flyer's workhorse goalie. He recorded seasons of 44, 54 and 44 games with GAA's of 2.66, 2.81 and 2.83 on an improving Flyer team. In 1972-73, the Flyers reached the NHL semi-finals and Favell was one of the top players, appearing in 11 games and recording a 2.60 GAA and 1 shutout.
Before the next season, Favell was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for none other than Bernie Parent. The Leafs had 3 veteran goalies but Favell played the most games in the regular season and playoffs. He recorded a strong win-loss record with a solid 2.71 GAA in 32 games. The following season saw the Leafs rely on two goalies, but Favell struggled in 39 games with the poorest GAA (4.05) of his career. His third season with the team was his last with only 3 games played and extended time on the injury list.
Favell's NHL rights were sold to the Colorado Rockies for the 1976-77 season. After appearing in 30 games that season, Favell became the Rockies #1 goalie in 1977-78, appearing in 58 games and leading the team into the playoffs. His final NHL season saw him appear in only 7 games and finish the season with Philadelphia of the AHL.
Favell's NHL totals are 373 regular season games played with a 3.16 GAA and 18 shutouts. He appeared in 21 playoff games with a 3.11 GAA and 1 shutout.

External links

★ Doug Favell at HockeyDB

★ Doug Favell at Legends of Hockey