Jim Hrivnak (born May 28, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender, who played parts of five seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Selected by the Washington Capitals in the 1986 NHL entry draft, Hrivnak played parts of four seasons with the Capitals before joining the Winnipeg Jets and later, the St. Louis Blues.

Playing career Hrivnak played for Merrimack College from 1985 to 1989. During his freshman year he had a 12-6 record, and was named ECAC east rookie of the year. Hrivnak had a great sophomore year and played every game for the Warriors, going 27-7 overall, leading Merrimack to their first ECAC East championship. He had a shutout in the championship game, leading to him being named finals MVP.Hrivnakw bio in his hall of fame introduction https://merrimackathletics.com/news/2018/10/27/merrimack-athletics-hall-of-fame-class-of-2018-inducted-friday.aspx?path=general Hrivnak was also named 1987 ECAC East league MVP and was honored as an All-American. During his junior year in the 1987-88 season he had a program-record 31 wins as he and Merrimack won another ECAC East championship. Merrimack then made their first appearance in the Division I NCAA tournament. Hrivnak was in net as Merrimack pulled off a huge first round upset of Hockey East champions Northeastern, before eventually falling in the quarterfinals. He once again was named an All-American at the end of the season. His senior year he went 18-4, and finished his time at Merrimack with a 88-23-2 record. Hrivnak still holds numerous records at Merrimack including most shutouts in a season, most overall shutouts and most wins.

Following his graduation, Hrivnak played with the Washington Capitals' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Baltimore Skipjacks, to conclude their 1988–89 season.

Hrivnak made his NHL debut on December 6, 1989, against the Pittsburgh Penguins and stopped one shot. From 1989 to 1992 he played 32 games for the Capitals, going 15-10-1. During the 1992-93 season he played 27 games for the Capitals, with a 13-9-2 record. On March 22, 1993, Hrivnak was traded by Washington to the Winnipeg Jets for Rick Tabaracci. He started three games for the Jets, going 2-1.

On July 29, 1993, Hrivnak was traded to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a seventh round draft pick. He played 23 games with the Blues, going 4-10 overall. During the 1993–94 season, he set a new record for most saves by a Blues goaltender with 46, against the Boston Bruins. This turned out to be his final year in the NHL, and he finished with an overall record of 34-30-3.

Hrivnak then joined Milwaukee Admirals of the International Hockey League (IHL), playing in 28 games and going 17-10-1. After bouncing around a couple of teams in the IHL and AHL, he signed with the Las Vegas Thunder in 1995, playing in 13 games going 10-1-1. This was his final season in America, and in 1996 he signed with Kölner Haie of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga playing in 21 games. He then signed with the Manchester Storm of the Ice Hockey Superleague, playing in 21 games. In 1998 he joined the Hamburg Crocodiles of Germany2, playing 35 games and going 11-14-2. Hrivnak joined Ässät in the Finnish league Liiga to compete in their 1999–2000 season, and layed 34 games in two seasons with them. On October 28, 2003, Hrivnak joined the Granby Prédateurs of the Quebec Senior Major Hockey League. He retired after the 2003-04 season.

In 2018, Hrivnak was inducted into the Merrimack College Athletics Hall of Fame.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1983–84 Montreal Concordia QMAAA 15 6 8 1 897 68 0 4.54 — 4 2 2 264 14 0 3.18 — 1984–85 Montreal Concordia QMAAA 34 8 22 1 1822 182 0 5.99 — 9 3 6 499 62 0 7.45 — 1985–86 Merrimack College ECAC East 21 12 6 2 1230 75 0 3.66 .864 — — — — — — — — 1986–87 Merrimack College ECAC East 34 27 7 0 1950 80 3 2.46 — — — — — — — — — 1987–88 Merrimack College ECAC East 37 31 6 0 2119 84 4 2.38 — — — — — — — — — 1988–89 Merrimack College ECAC East 22 18 4 0 1295 52 4 2.41 — — — — — — — — — 1988–89 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 10 1 8 0 502 55 0 6.57 .834 — — — — — — — — 1989–90 Washington Capitals NHL 11 5 5 0 609 36 0 3.55 .876 — — — — — — — — 1989–90 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 47 24 19 2 2722 139 4 3.06 .885 6 4 2 360 19 0 3.17 — 1990–91 Washington Capitals NHL 9 4 2 1 432 26 0 3.61 .885 — — — — — — — — 1990–91 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 42 20 16 6 2481 134 1 3.24 .886 6 2 3 324 21 0 3.89 — 1991–92 Washington Capitals NHL 12 6 3 0 605 35 0 3.47 .872 — — — — — — — — 1991–92 Baltimore Skipjacks AHL 22 10 8 3 1303 73 0 3.36 .893 — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Washington Capitals NHL 27 13 9 2 1421 83 0 3.50 .877 — — — — — — — — 1992–93 Winnipeg Jets NHL 3 2 1 0 180 13 0 4.34 .865 — — — — — — — — 1993–94 St. Louis Blues NHL 23 4 10 0 970 69 0 4.27 .877 — — — — — — — — 1994–95 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 28 17 10 1 1634 106 0 3.89 .879 — — — — — — — — 1994–95 Kansas City Blades IHL 10 3 5 2 550 35 0 3.81 .884 2 0 2 118 7 0 3.55 .870 1995–96 Carolina Monarchs AHL 11 1 4 1 458 27 0 3.54 .898 — — — — — — — — 1995–96 Las Vegas Thunder IHL 13 10 1 1 713 34 0 2.86 .897 — — — — — — — — 1995–96 Kansas City Blades IHL 4 1 1 0 154 11 0 4.29 .863 — — — — — — — — 1996–97 Kölner Haie DEL 21 — — — 1145 53 1 2.78 .899 2 — — 122 7 0 3.45 .887 1997–98 Manchester Storm BISL 24 — — — 1487 62 — 2.50 .913 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 Hamburg Crocodiles GER-2 35 11 14 2 1918 119 4 3.72 .899 — — — — — — — — 1999–00 Ässät FIN 24 6 12 5 1410 74 1 3.15 .913 — — — — — — — — 2000–01 Ässät FIN 10 0 8 2 608 47 0 4.64 .867 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 Granby Predateurs QSMHL 9 — — — — — — 6.16 .824 — — — — — — — — NHL totals 85 34 30 3 4217 262 0 3.73 .877 — — — — — — — —

Awards and honors AwardYearCollegeMerrimack Rookie of the year1985-86Merrimack hockey yearly awards https://merrimackathletics.com/documents/2021/7/12/Men_s_Ice_Hockey_Record_Book_without_YBY.pdfECAC rookie of the year 1985-86ECAC East champion1986-87Merrimack team MVP1986-87ECAC East finals MVP1986-87ECAC East league MVP1986-87ACHA All American 1986-86ECAC East champion1987-88ECAC East finals MVP1987-88Merrimack Co team MVP1987-88New England college D2 all star1987-88ACHA All American 1987-88Post Retimerment Merrimack athletics Hall of Fame 2018

Records

Merrimack College

Most wins career (88) Most wins in a season (31) Most shutouts career (11)

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