CAREER
Is in his 18th NHL season and his first as a Islander...1997-98: Appeared in at least 60 games for the second time in his career (61 in 1985-86 with the NY Rangers)...Recorded his 300th NHL win on Dec. 27, 1997 at NY Islanders, becoming the 15th goaltender in NHL history to reach that milestone...1996-97: Was the leading vote getter in the Eastern Conference for the 1997 NHL All-Star Game...Named NHL Player of the Month for October of 1996 after compiling a 6-0-3 record, 1.41 GAA and .950 save percentage...Tied his career high for longest undefeated streak at nine games (6-0-3; second time) from Oct. 5 through Oct. 29, 1996...Named NHL Player of the Week for the period ending Oct. 13, 1996 after going 3-0-1 with a 0.98 GAA and a .966 save percentage...1995-96: Finished third in voting for the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP...Started all 22 of the Panthers’ playoff games, posting a 12-10 record, 2.25 GAA and .932 save percentage as Florida advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals...Tied his career high for longest winning streak at six games from Nov. 2 through 14, 1995 (third time)...1994-95: Played his 500th NHL game on March 28, 1995 vs. Dallas...1993-94: Finished third in voting for the Hart Memorial Trophy as NHL MVP and second in the voting for the Vezina Trophy as top goaltender after registering a 21-25-11 record and 2.53 GAA for the first-year Florida Panthers...His .924 save percentage was second in the NHL for the 1993-94 season...Named NHL Player of the Week for period ending March 21, 1994...Faced a career high 54 shots on January 3, 1994, allowing three goals in 3-2 loss at NY Rangers...Recorded his 17th career shutout on Oct. 9, 1993 at Tampa Bay, the Panthers’ first-ever victory...1991-92: Established a then career high for longest undefeated streak at nine games (8-0-1) from Feb. 21 through April 16, 1992...1990-91: Was named NHL Player of the Month for October of 1990 after posting a 6-1-0 record with two shutouts...1985-86: Posted a career high for wins (31) with the Rangers during the 1985-86 season...1984-85: Recorded his first NHL shutout vs. Vancouver on Jan. 2, 1985...1983-84: Was named to the Central Hockey League First All-Star Team following the 1983-84 season...Shared the Terry Sawchuk Trophy as the CHL’s Leading Goaltender (with Ron Scott) and the Tommy Ivan Trophy as the CHL’s Most Valuable Player (with Bruce Affleck) for the 1983-84 season...1981-82: Was just 18 years old when he made his NHL debut at Colorado on Dec. 5, 1981, recording a 2-1 win...Amateur Career: Played three seasons for Sault Ste. Marie of the Ontario Hockey League (1980-81 through 1982-83)...Named to the OHL Second All-Star Team following the 1982-83 season...International Career: Played for Team USA at the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan...Missed the 1996 World Cup of Hockey Tournament due to off-season shoulder surgery...Was a member of Team USA for the 1991 Canada Cup and World Championship Tournaments...Sustained a fractured jaw as a member of Team USA during the 1989 World Championship Tournament in Stockholm, Sweden...Tended goal for Team USA at the 1987 Canada Cup and World Championship Tournaments...Played for Team USA at the 1985 World Championship Tournament in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and was named to the Second All-Tournament Team...Was a member of Team USA for the 1984 Canada Cup Tournament...Played for Team USA in the 1982 and 1983 World Junior Championship Tournament...NHL Milestones: Signed from Florida as a free agent by the Flyers on July 16, 1998...Has appeared in three NHL All-Star Games (1994 - winning goaltender, 1996, 1997 - won goaltender portion of skills competition)...Was named to the NHL Second All-Star Team following the 1993-94 season...Was claimed from Vancouver by Florida in the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft (first overall pick)...Traded by NY Rangers to Vancouver in exchange for future considerations (Doug Lidster) on June 20, 1993...Won the Vezina Trophy and was named to the NHL First All-Star Team after tying for the League lead in wins with 31 during the 1985-86 season...Was drafted from Sault Ste. Marie of the Ontario Hockey Association by the NY Rangers in the fourth round (72nd overall) of the 1981 NHL Entry Draft...Team Milestones: Holds the Panthers records for most career games by a goaltender (268), most career wins (106) and most career shutouts (13)...His 200 wins rank fourth and his 449 games rank third on the Rangers’ All-Time Lists entering this season...Holds the NY Rangers record for most career assists by a goaltender (22)...Shares the NY Rangers record for most assists in a single season by a goaltender with five in 1984-85 and 1987-88 (Mike Richter)...Shares the NY Rangers record for most assists in a game by a goaltender with two at Winnipeg on Jan. 8, 1985.

1998-99
Stopped all 25 shots faced in Game One of Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at Toronto on April 22, his first playoff shutout as a Flyer and the fifth of his NHL career...Stopped Mats Sundin’s penalty shot attempt in Game One at Toronto on April 22, the first penalty shot attempt against the Flyers in team playoff history...Is the second goalie in NHL history to face three career playoff penalty shots (allowed one goal on three shots)...His shutout at Toronto on April 22 was his first playoff game as a Flyer (second time in team history that a goalie recorded a shutout in his first playoff game as a Flyer - Wayne Stephenson on April 29, 1975)...Was tied for fourth in the NHL in shutouts with six...Was seventh in the NHL in GAA at 2.18 (new career low)...Was tied for 10th in the NHL in wins with 27...Has established a new career high for games played (62) and minutes played (3,712) in a season...Allowed one goal on 11 shots to record 3-1 win vs. Boston on April 18, his 333rd NHL win (tied Harry Lumley for 12th place on the NHL’s All-Time List)...Allowed three goals on 19 shots to record 3-3 tie vs. Florida on Jan. 26...Left game on Jan. 26 with a right buttock contusion...Stopped all 36 shots at Ottawa on Jan. 18, his sixth shutout of the season...Allowed four goals on 32 shots to record the 4-3 loss vs. Toronto on Jan. 16, ending his 12-game undefeated streak from Dec. 12 through Jan. 13 (8-0-4)...His shutout sequence of 218 minutes and 42 seconds, starting Jan. 3 at Edmonton and ending Jan. 16 vs. Toronto, is a career high and a team record (old record - 156 minutes and 18 seconds by Pelle Lindbergh from March 28 to April 7, 1985)...Stopped all 25 shots against at Washington on Jan. 13, his third consecutive shutout and fifth shutout of the season (a career single season high)...Stopped all 24 shots against to record 8-0 win vs. Nashville on Jan. 11...Stopped all seven shots faced in 22 minutes played in relief of Hextall vs. Carolina on Jan. 9...Stopped all 27 shots faced vs. NY Islanders on Jan. 7...Registered an assist at Vancouver on Dec. 31, his first point as a Flyer...Stopped all 23 shots faced to record 3-0 win at Toronto on Dec. 12...Stopped 20 shots to record 1-0 win at NY Rangers on Oct. 9...His shutout at the NY Rangers on Oct. 9 was the first by a Flyers goalie in a season opener since the start of the 1973-74 season when Bernie Parent registered a 2-0 win over the Maple Leafs at the Spectrum...It was also the first time in team history that the Flyers recorded a shutout in a season opener on the road...Vanbiesbrouck’s shutout was the second time that a goalie registered a shutout in his first game as a Flyer...Robbie Moore blanked the Colorado Rockies, 5-0, at the Spectrum on March 6, 1979...His 333 career wins are fifth among active goaltenders and tied for 12th overall...Is second only to Tom Barrasso in wins by a U.S. goaltender...Is fifth among active goaltenders in shutouts (35)...Home: 28 GP, 14-5-8, 2 SO, 1.97 GAA - 55 GA/1672 MINS...Road: 34 GP, 13-13-7, 4 SO, 2.35 GAA - 80 GA/2040 MINS.

Personal
Has two favorite charities, the one that he started a foundation for Attention Deficit Disorder and the other is for finding a cure for paralysis, which he held a golf tournament for ten years while he lived in New York...Hidden talent is that he can talk like Donald Duck...Favorite hobby is spending time with his kids and playing golf...Lists former NHL goaltenders Bernie Parent and Eddie Johnston as his hockey heroes...Favorite toy while growing up was his baseball glove...Lists the Spectrum in Philadelphia as his favorite arena...His house is his favorite possession...Would like to guest star on the television show Touched By An Angel.