What is Georges Vézina?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Vezina19221924.JPG | image_size = 230px | position = [[Goaltender]] | catches = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 185 | played_for = [[Montreal Canadiens]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1887|1|21|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Chicoutimi]], [[Quebec]], Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1926|3|27|1887|1|21}} | death_place = Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada | career_start = 1910 | career_end = 1925 | halloffame = 1945 }} '''Joseph-Georges-Gonzague Vézina''' (pronounced: {{IPA|/veˈzinə/}}) (January 21, 1887 – March 27, 1926) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]] who played five seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] and seven in the [[National Hockey Association]] for the [[Montreal Canadiens]]. He won the [[Stanley Cup]], a trophy for the best hockey team, two times with the Canadiens, in 1916 and 1924. Vézina played in 327 consecutive regular season games and 39 playoff games, before leaving early during a game in 1925 due to illness. Vézina was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and died on March 27, 1926. He was nicknamed the Chicoutimi Cucumber. The only goaltender to play for the Canadiens between 1910 and 1925, Vézina helped the team win the [[Stanley Cup]] in [[1916 Stanley Cup Finals|1916]] and [[1924 Stanley Cup Finals|1924]], while going to the [[Stanley Cup Finals]] three more times. Vézina allowed the fewest goals against in the league seven times in his career: four times in the NHA and three times in the NHL. In 1918, Vézina became the first NHL goaltender to record a shutout and the first to earn an assist on a goal. At the start of the [[1926–27 NHL season]], the Canadiens donated the [[Vezina Trophy]] to the NHL as an award to the goaltender who allowed the fewest goals during the season. Since 1981, the award has been given to the best goaltender as chosen by a vote of NHL general managers. In Vézina's hometown of Chicoutimi, the sports arena is named the [[Centre Georges-Vézina]] in honour of Vézina. When the