Alvaro (Al) Montoya

(Photo courtesy Mike Ashmore. Thanks, Mike!)

BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Chicago, Illinois, February 13, 1985.

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HEIGHT: 6'1".

WEIGHT: 190 lbs.

UNIFORM #: 29 (Hartford), 35 (San Antonio, Phoenix, United States).

CATCHES: Left

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• Selected by New York Rangers in first round (first Rangers pick, sixth overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 26, 2004.
• Traded by Rangers (with W Marcel Hossa) to Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for W Fredrik Sjostrom, G David LeNeveu, F Josh Gratton and conditional selection in 2009 entry draft, February 26, 2008.

ACCOLADES:

• Named to Central Collegiate Hockey Association All-Tournament Team, 2002-03.
• Named to Central Collegiate Hockey Association All-Rookie Team, 2002-03.
• Named to Central Collegiate Hockey Association All-Star Second Team, 2003-04.
• Named to National Collegiate Athletic Association (West) All-American Second Team, 2003-04.
• Goaltender, Team PlanetUSA, American Hockey League All-Star Game, February 1, 2006. Al wore sweater number 29.

INJURIES:

• Left game with undisclosed injury, February 11, 2006.
• Left game with injury, October 21, 2007.

FIRSTS:

• On April 1, 2009, Al made his National Hockey League debut at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado, as his Phoenix Coyotes faced the hometown Colorado Avalanche. Montoya made twenty-three saves, earning his first career National Hockey League win and his first career National Hockey League shutout all in one night. "I thought early in the game he made a couple of key saves. It was a real solid effort for a guy playing his first NHL game," Phoenix coach Wayne Gretzky said. "Good for him. Hopefully this is something good to go from here."

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DID YOU KNOW?

• Al was ejected from the February 24, 2007 AHL contest against the Norfolk Admirals for fighting fellow goaltender Corey Crawford.

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L   T  OL     GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
02-03 University of Michigan CCHA     43   2547  30  10   3         99   2.33    1113   .911         0   2    10 
03-04 University of Michigan CCHA     40   2340  26  12   2         87   2.23    1047   .917         0   0    32
04-05 University of Michigan CCHA     40   2359  30   7   3         99   2.52     940   .895     3   0   3    24
05-06 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL          40   2094  23   9       1     91   2.61     980   .907     2   0   4     0
      Charlotte Checkers ECHL          2    123   1   1       0      8   3.92      64   .875     0   0   0     0
06-07 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL          48   2556  27  17       0     98   2.30    1140   .914     6   0   5    23

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
05-06 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL           5    257   2   1     8   1.87     117   .932     1   0   0     0
06-07 Hartford Wolf Pack AHL           7    391   3   4    20   3.07     158   .873     1   0   0     2

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

• Traded by Rangers to Phoenix Coyotes, February 2008.
• 04/01/09: W (59m48s, 23/23) 3-0 victory at Colorado (Raycroft).
• 04/02/09: W (60m, 20/21) 2-1 victory vs. Los Angeles (Quick).
• 04/04/09: L (59m55s, 26/32) 1-6 defeat at Los Angeles (Quick).
• 04/07/09: - (19m45s, 2/3) 1-5 defeat vs. St. Louis (Mason) [Replaced Bryzgalov].
• 04/09/09: W (60m, 40/41) 4-1 victory at San Jose (Nabokov).

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

• Assigned to Hartford Wolf Pack, October 2005.
• 10/08/05: W (60m, 22/25) 4-3 victory vs. Manchester (Hauser).
• 10/21/05: OTL (60m40s, 29/33) 3-4 OT defeat at Springfield (Eklund).
• 10/28/05: W (60m, 24/26) 3-2 victory at Providence (Thomas).
• 10/29/05: W (60m, 51/53) 3-2 victory vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
• 11/04/05: W (60m, 46/47) 2-1 victory at Albany (Doyle).
• 11/05/05: W (59m42s, 23/26) 4-3 victory vs. Providence (Thomas).
• 12/14/05: W (59m58s, 29/30) 4-1 victory vs. Manchester (Hauser).
• 12/17/05: W (60m, 19/21) 6-2 victory vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz, Cloutier).
• 12/23/05: W (64m46s, 22/24) 3-2 SO victory (4/7) at Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
• 12/28/05: L (59m39s, 14/19) 0-5 defeat at Wilkes-Barre (Caron).
• 12/31/05: L (59m04s, 19/21) 1-3 defeat vs. Providence (Thomas).
• 01/04/06: W (60m, 22/26) 6-4 victory vs. Syracuse (Penner, Prusek).
• 01/06/06: W (59m58s, 34/36) 5-2 victory vs. Portland (Marsters).
• 01/07/06: W (59m29s, 17/18) 5-1 victory at Manchester (Hauser).
• 01/11/06: W (64m36s, 29/32) 4-3 SO victory (8/9) at Bridgeport (Rudkowsky).
• 01/13/06: W (60m, 31/31) 4-0 victory vs. Hershey (Cassivi).
• 01/14/06: - (20m, 7/9) 4-5 defeat vs. Portland (Marsters) [Replaced by Gherson].
• 01/18/06: L (34m31s, 11/15) 3-6 defeat vs. Manchester (Brust) [Replaced by Gherson].
• 01/20/06: L (59m31s, 20/22) 1-2 defeat at Providence (Sigalet).
• 01/21/06: W (60m, 27/29) 6-2 victory vs. Providence (Sigalet, Fields).
• 01/25/06: - (24m10s, 7/10) 6-3 victory vs. Springfield (Eklund) [Replaced by Gherson].
• 01/27/06: - (19m56s, 5/7) 2-8 defeat at Lowell (Kolesnik) [Replaced Gherson].
• 01/28/06: W (60m, 22/24) 4-2 victory vs. Lowell (Kolesnik).
• 01/29/06: W (59m54s, 28/32) 5-4 victory vs. Albany (Clemmensen).
• 02/01/06: L (20m, 16/21) 4-9 defeat [in Winnipeg] vs. Canadian All-Stars (Flaherty, Danis, Sabourin) [Replaced Rinne, replaced by Kolesnik].
• 02/04/06: W (60m, 34/34) 6-0 victory at Portland (Kochan).
• 02/10/06: SOL (64m40s, 19/20) 1-2 SO defeat (2/5) vs. San Antonio (Goehring).
• 02/11/06: - (27m54s, 15/16) 4-3 victory vs. Houston (Kopriva) [Replaced by Gherson].
• 02/25/06: W (59m51s, 27/31) 5-4 victory vs. Albany (Naumenko).
• 03/01/06: - (20m, 9/12) 7-6 OT victory vs. Norfolk (Crawford) [Replaced by Gherson].
• 03/04/06: W (60m, 23/24) 5-1 victory at Houston (Harding).
• 03/18/06: - (40m, 12/15) 5-4 victory at Norfolk (Crawford) [Replaced by Gherson].
• 03/22/06: W (60m, 33/34) 3-1 victory vs. Manchester (Brust).
• 03/25/06: L (20m, 10/14) 3-6 defeat vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz) [Replaced by Gherson].
• 03/31/06: - (20m, 4/4) 9-3 victory at Springfield (Boutin, Coleman, Boutin).
• 04/01/06: W (59m56s, 21/24) 5-3 victory vs. Springfield (Coleman).
• 04/02/06: L (59m00s, 25/28) 2-3 defeat vs. Norfolk (Crawford).
• 04/07/06: L (58m44s, 29/33) 3-5 defeat vs. Portland (Hurme).
• 04/08/06: L (58m22s, 14/16) 1-2 defeat at Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
• 04/12/06: W (60m, 31/33) 3-2 victory at Albany (Ahonen).
• 04/14/06: W (60m, 25/26) 3-1 victory at Providence (Gustafson).
• 04/18/06: L (58m58s, 25/26) 0-1 defeat vs. Manchester (Brust).
• 04/19/06: W (76m10s, 33/35) 3-2 OT victory vs. Manchester (Brust).
• 04/21/06: - (41m58s, 16/20) 5-6 2OT defeat at Manchester (Brust) [Replaced by Gherson].
• 04/23/06: W (59m58s, 30/30) 7-0 victory at Manchester (Brust).
• 04/25/06: - (19m58s, 5/6) 6-8 defeat vs. Manchester (Brust, Hauser) [Replaced by Gherson].
• 10/07/06: L (58m36s, 23/26) 2-3 defeat vs. Springfield (Burke).
• 10/14/06: L (58m35s, 22/25) 2-3 defeat at Lowell (Doyle).
• 10/21/06: L (59m13s, 31/32) 0-1 defeat vs. Portland (Leighton).
• 10/28/06: L (59m02s, 19/21) 1-3 defeat at Norfolk (Crawford).
• 11/03/06: L (59m13s, 23/26) 2-3 defeat vs. Providence (Finley).
• 11/05/06: W (59m50s, 31/31) 2-1 victory at Bridgeport (Thompson) (Bridgeport's lone goal was an empty-net goal).
• 11/08/06: L (59m38s, 32/36) 0-4 defeat vs. Wilkes-Barre (Penner).
• 11/12/06: - (23m29s, 8/8) 1-4 defeat vs. Lowell (Parise) [Replaced Valiquette].
• 11/18/06: L (59m08s, 27/29) 1-3 defeat at San Antonio (Tordjman).
• 11/19/06: - (20m, 3/5) 4-3 victory at Houston (Harding) [Replaced by Valiquette].
• 11/22/06: - (14m57s, 6/9) 4-5 defeat vs. Worcester (Patzold) [Replaced by Valiquette].
• 11/26/06: W (61m28s, 27/32) 6-5 OT victory at Worcester (Patzold).
• 12/09/06: L (58m44s, 19/24) 4-6 defeat vs. Lowell (Doyle).
• 12/15/06: L (52m22s, 26/29) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Worcester (Greiss) [Replaced Valiquette].
• 12/22/06: W (60m, 30/31) 2-1 victory vs. Springfield (Ramo).
• 12/26/06: W (59m58s, 20/20) 2-0 victory at Worcester (Schaefer).
• 12/29/06: W (60m, 20/22) 3-2 victory at Bridgeport (Mole).
• 12/31/06: W (60m, 28/28) 2-0 victory at Portland (Grumet-Morris).
• 01/03/07: W (60m, 28/29) 4-1 victory vs. Providence (Toivonen).
• 01/05/07: OTL (61m41s, 20/23) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Manchester (LaBarbera).
• 01/10/07: W (65m, 24/27) 4-3 SO victory (5/5) at Albany (Weiman).
• 01/13/07: W (65m, 30/31) 2-1 SO victory (4/5) at Portland (Grumet-Morris).
• 01/19/07: W (60m, 21/25) 5-4 victory at Portland (Wall).
• 01/26/07: W (59m47s, 29/31) 4-2 victory vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
• 02/02/07: L (59m03s, 31/33) 1-2 defeat vs. Hershey (Cassivi).
• 02/16/07: W (60m, 15/15) 3-0 victory vs. Worcester (Patzold).
• 02/17/07: W (59m54s, 31/33) 3-2 victory vs. Providence (Sauve).
• 02/23/07: W (60m, 20/21) 6-1 victory at Lowell (Parise).
• 02/24/07: W (36m18s, 11/12) 5-1 victory vs. Norfolk (Crawford, Brodeur) [Replaced by Westlund].
• 02/25/07: W (60m, 22/23) 5-1 victory at Bridgeport (Dubielewicz).
• 02/28/07: L (59m07s, 27/29) 1-2 defeat vs. Lowell (Parise).
• 03/03/07: W (65m, 18/20) 3-2 SO victory (3/4) at Philadelphia (Munroe).
• 03/04/07: W (62m44s, 21/23) 3-2 OT victory at Hershey (Daigneault).
• 03/07/07: L (8m48s, 2/4) 1-4 defeat at Manchester (LaBarbera) [Replaced by Westlund].
• 03/10/07: W (64m55s, 31/33) 3-2 SO victory (4/5) vs. Lowell (Parise).
• 03/11/07: W (59m57s, 14/14) 5-0 victory vs. Springfield (Boutin).
• 03/16/07: W (60m, 27/29) 3-2 victory at Providence (Toivonen).
• 03/17/07: L (40m, 18/22) 2-5 defeat at Springfield (Boutin) [Replaced by Holt].
• 03/23/07: L (38m07s, 10/13) 2-5 defeat vs. Worcester (Greiss) [Replaced by Holt].
• 03/25/07: W (60m, 36/36) 1-0 victory at Providence (Toivonen).
• 03/28/07: W (39m55s, 18/19) 7-2 victory vs. Bridgeport (Dubielewicz, Thompson) [Replaced by Holt].
• 03/31/07: W (59m53s, 24/28) 5-4 victory vs. Manchester (Brust, LaBarbera).
• 04/01/07: L (57m58s, 29/33) 2-4 defeat at Manchester (LaBarbera).
• 04/04/07: W (59m44s, 21/25) 7-4 victory vs. Portland (McKee).
• 04/06/07: L (29m23s, 11/14) 1-4 defeat at Worcester (Greiss) [Replaced by Westlund].
• 04/08/07: W (59m46s, 28/29) 5-1 victory vs. Albany (Weiman, Peters).
• 04/13/07: W (60m, 20/20) 3-0 victory vs. Bridgeport (Mole).
• 04/15/07: - (20m, 10/12) 2-5 defeat at Portland (Coleman) [Replaced by Westlund].
• 04/18/07: W (59m55s, 25/26) 5-1 victory vs. Providence (Toivonen, Sigalet).
• 04/20/07: L (59m08s, 11/14) 2-4 defeat vs. Providence (Toivonen).
• 04/21/07: W (60m, 27/29) 5-2 victory at Providence (Toivonen).
• 04/24/07: L (60m, 20/25) 1-5 defeat at Providence (Toivonen).
• 04/26/07: W (60m, 26/26) 1-0 victory at Providence (Toivonen).
• 04/28/07: L (33m30s, 13/17) 2-5 defeat vs. Providence (Toivonen) [Replaced by Holt].
• 04/29/07: L (58m46s, 16/21) 4-5 defeat vs. Providence (Toivonen).
• 10/06/07: L (59m28s, 19/22) 2-3 defeat vs. Bridgeport (MacDonald).
• 10/12/07: SOL (44m11s, 19/20) 4-5 SO defeat (1/4) at Manchester (Cloutier) [Replaced Wiikman].
• 10/13/07: W (59m56s, 20/23) 5-3 victory at Syracuse (Popperle).
• 10/20/07: L (59m41s, 23/25) 1-2 defeat at Hamilton (Halak).
• 10/21/07: - (15m23s, 6/7) 4-3 SO victory at Toronto (Pogge) [Replaced by Wiikman].
• 10/26/07: - (40m, 14/14) 2-1 SO victory vs. Springfield (Deslauriers) [Replaced by Holt].
• 11/03/07: L (59m42s, 26/30) 2-5 defeat vs. Toronto (Clemmensen).
• 11/09/07: W (60m, 31/35) 5-4 victory at Manchester (Ersberg).
• 11/11/07: L (58m58s, 25/27) 1-2 defeat at Portland (Hiller).
• 11/14/07: W (59m42s, 17/20) 6-3 victory vs. Norfolk (Boutin, Munce, Boutin).
• 11/16/07: W (59m38s, 28/30) 3-2 victory vs. Hamilton (Halak).
• 11/17/07: W (60m, 17/19) 3-2 victory at Lowell (Parise).
• 12/05/07: SOL (65m, 40/43) 3-4 SO defeat (2/4) at Providence (Franck).
• 12/07/07: W (59m56s, 31/32) 3-1 victory vs. Lowell (Parise).
• 12/08/07: W (59m47s, 22/23) 7-1 victory at Worcester (Dakers).
• 12/12/07: L (59m57s, 21/27) 1-6 defeat vs. Houston (Schaefer).
• 12/15/07: OTW (63m11s, 26/27) 2-1 OT victory vs. Manchester (Taylor).
• 12/21/07: SOL (64m53s, 24/25) 1-2 SO defeat (1/4) vs. Bridgeport (MacDonald).
• 12/28/07: W (59m54s, 35/37) 3-2 victory at Springfield (Deslauriers).
• 12/29/07: L (58m43s, 22/23) 0-2 defeat at Bridgeport (Morrison).
• 01/04/08: - (16m20s, 12/16) 4-5 defeat vs. Hershey (Machesney) [Replaced by Wiikman].
• 01/11/08: W (59m55s, 29/31) 4-2 victory at Norfolk (Denis).
• 01/12/08: W (60m, 27/29) 3-2 victory at Norfolk (Denis).
• 01/18/08: L (59m14s, 16/19) 1-3 defeat at Springfield (Deslauriers).
• 01/19/08: OTL (60m23s, 15/20) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Portland (McKenna).
• 02/06/08: W (60m, 22/23) 3-1 victory vs. Manchester (Ersberg).
• 02/08/08: W (60m, 44/49) 7-5 victory at Providence (Rask, Sigalet).
• 02/13/08: W (60m, 19/22) 4-3 victory vs. Springfield (Deslauriers).
• 02/15/08: W (60m, 34/35) 6-1 victory at Springfield (Deslauriers, Dubnyk).
• 02/16/08: W (59m58s, 20/23) 6-3 victory vs. Portland (McKenna).
• 02/20/08: - (20m, 9/9) 2-1 victory at Lowell (Doyle) [Replaced by Wiikman].
• Assigned to San Antonio Rampage, February 2008.
• 02/29/08: SOW (64m56s, 22/24) 3-2 SO victory (4/4) vs. Chicago (Pavelec).
• 03/05/08: W (59m47s, 32/33) 4-1 victory vs. Providence (Rask).
• 03/08/08: L (58m56s, 28/30) 1-2 defeat vs. Hartford (LeNeveu).
• 03/15/08: L (59m47s, 26/32) 2-6 defeat at Providence (Sigalet).
• 03/19/08: L (58m40s, 15/18) 2-3 defeat at Manitoba (Schneider).
• 03/22/08: L (57m47s, 30/33) 1-3 defeat vs. Chicago (Pavelec).
• 03/27/08: W (60m, 31/33) 4-2 victory vs. Peoria (Bishop).
• 03/29/08: W (59m57s, 31/31) 6-0 victory vs. Peoria (Schwarz).
• 04/02/08: OTW (61m49s, 21/23) 3-2 OT victory vs. Milwaukee (Grumet-Morris).
• 04/04/08: W (60m, 32/34) 4-2 victory vs. Milwaukee (Grumet-Morris).
• 04/05/08: L (9m48s, 4/7) 1-7 defeat at Rockford (Crawford) [Replaced by Tordjman].
• 04/08/08: OTW (59m29s, 22/24) 3-2 OT victory at Iowa (Climie).
• 04/11/08: W (59m42s, 29/31) 5-2 victory at Peoria (Toivonen).
• 04/13/08: L (58m31s, 28/32) 3-4 defeat vs. Quad City (McElhinney).
• 04/16/08: L (59m22s, 24/28) 3-4 defeat at Toronto (Clemmensen).
• 10/11/08: L (58m16s, 23/26) 1-3 defeat vs. Milwaukee (MacIntyre).
• 10/19/08: L (58m54s, 24/28) 3-4 defeat vs. Houston (Brust).
• 10/21/08: L (58m56s, 35/38) 1-3 defeat at Chicago (Pavelec).
• 10/25/08: W (59m57s, 21/22) 5-1 victory vs. Iowa (Levasseur).
• 10/26/08: L (59m18s, 18/20) 1-2 defeat vs. Iowa (LeNeveu).
• 11/01/08: L (59m58s, 27/31) 1-5 defeat vs. Providence (Rask).
• 11/11/08: L (59m57s, 15/19) 1-5 defeat at Iowa (LeNeveu).
• 11/15/08: L (58m58s, 28/33) 3-5 defeat at Peoria (Schwarz).
• 11/20/08: L (59m42s, 19/23) 2-5 defeat at Manitoba (Schneider).
• 11/23/08: L (58m08s, 28/31) 1-3 defeat vs. Worcester (Greiss).
• 11/25/08: - (20m, 10/13) 3-5 defeat vs. Hamilton (Denis) [Replaced by Tordjman].
• 11/28/08: L (14m18s, 9/14) 4-6 defeat at Quad City (Keetley) [Replaced by Tordjman].
• 12/14/08: L (59m03s, 28/32) 1-4 defeat at Chicago (Krahn).
• 12/29/08: - (26m36s, 13/15) 2-6 defeat at Milwaukee (MacIntyre) [Replaced Tordjman].
• 01/01/09: W (60m, 24/26) 6-2 victory vs. Lake Erie (Weiman).
• 01/21/09: L (58m05s, 15/19) 1-5 defeat vs. Lake Erie (Bacashihua, Weiman).
• 01/31/09: L (59m23s, 28/32) 1-5 defeat at Worcester (Dakers).
• 02/08/09: W (59m57s, 25/26) 2-1 victory at Rochester (Plante).
• 02/14/09: L (37m49s, 17/21) 3-7 defeat at Quad City (Lalande) [Replaced Tordjman].
• 02/20/09: SOL (65m, 29/33) 4-5 SO defeat (2/4) at Quad City (Irving, Lalande).
• 02/24/09: SOW (65m, 37/40) 4-3 SO victory (4/5) at Iowa (LeNeveu).
• 02/28/09: SOL (65m, 25/27) 2-3 SO defeat (2/4) vs. Rockford (Crawford).
• 03/07/09: L (60m, 17/22) 1-5 defeat vs. Grand Rapids (Larsson).
• 03/13/09: L (59m37s, 17/19) 0-3 defeat vs. Rockford (Crawford).
• 03/14/09: W (60m, 23/24) 3-1 victory vs. Houston (Khudobin).
• 03/18/09: L (57m56s, 35/36) 0-1 defeat vs. Peoria (Legace).
• 03/19/09: OTW (60m40s, 28/30) 3-2 OT victory vs. Peoria (Holt).
• 03/22/09: OTW (61m18s, 24/26) 3-2 OT victory at Toronto (Pogge).
• 10/02/09: W (60m, 20/22) 3-2 victory vs. Texas (Krahn).
• 10/03/09: OTL (64m41s, 28/31) 2-3 OT defeat at Texas (Climie).
• 10/09/09: OTW (64m18s, 26/31) 6-5 OT victory at Abbotsford (Keetley).
• 10/13/09: W (59m47s, 33/34) 4-1 victory at Lake Erie (Weiman).
• 10/16/09: L (58m31s, 25/29) 2-5 defeat at Houston (Khudobin).
• 10/18/09: W (60m, 30/32) 7-2 victory vs. Grand Rapids (McCollum).
• 10/23/09: L (59m57s, 33/36) 0-3 defeat vs. Hamilton (Sanford).
• 10/25/09: L (59m22s, 26/27) 0-2 defeat vs. Houston (Khudobin).
• 10/30/09: L (57m45s, 25/28) 0-3 defeat vs. Texas (Krahn).
• 11/05/09: SOL (65m, 21/25) 4-5 SO defeat (3/6) at Peoria (Toivonen).

INTERNATIONAL GAME DIRECTORY:

• Played for United States in 2009 IIHF World Championships (Bern and Zurich, Switzerland).
• 05/01/09: W (60m, 14/16) 6-2 victory vs. France (Lhenry).