Tom Barrasso - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!
Explore Tom Barrasso net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! NHL goalie who played for 18 seasons with six teams. He was a part of Pittsburgh Penguins from 1988 to 2000. Pittsburgh Penguins from 1988 to 2000. He won Stanley Cup Championships with the team in 1991 and in 1992. In this article, we will discover how old is Tom Barrasso? Who is Tom Barrasso dating now & how much money does Tom Barrasso have?
| Name | Tom Barrasso |
| First Name | Tom |
| Last Name | Barrasso |
| Occupation | Hockey Player |
| Birthday | March 31 |
| Birth Year | 1965 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Home Town | Massachusetts |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Megan Barrasso |
| Children(s) | Ashley Barrasso |
Tom Barrasso Biography
Tom Barrasso is one of the most popular and richest Hockey Player who was born on March 31, 1965 in Massachusetts, United States. He was at the receiving side the celebration of He was on the receiving end of Wayne Gretzky‘s historic 400th goal.’s historic 400th goal.
Barrasso grew up in the town of Stow, Massachusetts, playing ice hockey on an outdoor rink. He started playing goaltender at the age of five years and by the time he was a teenager, was playing in net for Acton-Boxborough with fellow NHL players Bob Sweeney and Jeff Norton, Barrasso was considered one of the most promising American goaltending prospects of all time. He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres with the 5th overall pick in 1983. Skipping a college career, he went straight from high school to the NHL. At the time of his debut with the Sabres on October 5, 1983, less than six months after graduating from high school, Barrasso was the youngest goaltender to play and win a game in the NHL since Harry Lumley nearly forty years prior. He won the Calder Memorial Trophy and Vezina Trophy in his first season, becoming the third player to win both awards in the same year.
Barrasso had originally intended to play for the 1984 U.S. Olympic team in Sarajevo, but chose to begin his professional career instead and left the team in September 1983 to sign with the Sabres. He made his debut for Team USA at the 1984 Canada Cup, at the age of 19. He also played in the 1983 World Junior Championships, the 1986 World Ice Hockey Championships and the 1987 Canada Cup.
He was the father of three daughters along together with wife Megan.
He was selected on the NHL All-Star Team, won the Vezina Trophy for top goalie and also won the Calder Trophy for Rookie of the Year in 1984 and 1985.
Thomas Patrick Barrasso (born March 31, 1965) is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player. Barrasso was a goaltender for 18 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Buffalo Sabres, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Senators, Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, and St. Louis Blues. He was the only goaltender to ever play in the NHL directly from high school, without having played major junior, college, or some other form of professional hockey first. He was the youngest winner of the league’s Vezina Trophy for best goaltender, as an 18-year-old rookie in 1984. He was also the youngest goaltender to win Calder Memorial Trophy, a record he still holds as of the end of 2017-18 season. Barrasso was a member of successive Stanley Cup championship teams in 1991 and 1992 with the Pittsburgh Penguins. He was inducted as a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 2009.
Tom Barrasso Net Worth
Tom is one of the richest Hockey Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tom Barrasso's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)
He was the first player to go straight out of high school into NHL which was a first for a goalie.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Hockey Player |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
He won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1991 and 1992. It was his play in these Cup runs that established him as a “money goalie”. In the following years, Barrasso almost entirely missed two seasons, the 1994–95 NHL season and the 1996–97 NHL season with injuries but came back with good performances in the next years. In 1997, he became the first American goaltender to record 300 NHL wins. A fiercely proud competitor, in his later seasons in Pittsburgh he developed a strained relationship with the local media, who he felt were disrespectful of him and his family.
In March 2000, he was traded to the Ottawa Senators for Ron Tugnutt and Janne Laukkanen. He spent the entire 2000–01 season out of hockey and returned with the Carolina Hurricanes in time for the 2001–02 season. He enjoyed some late international success, winning Silver at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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Barrasso and his wife Megan have three daughters. Barrasso founded the Ashley Barrasso Cancer Research Fund during the early 1990s after his oldest daughter survived a bout with neuroblastoma cancer.
Who is Tom Barrasso Dating?
According to our records, Tom Barrasso married to Megan Barrasso. As of January 13, 2024, Tom Barrasso’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Tom Barrasso. You may help us to build the dating records for Tom Barrasso!Barrasso won an Olympic silver medal as part of the U.S. national men’s ice hockey team at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City. He played in one game, an 8–1 victory over Belarus on February 18.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Tom Barrasso height 6 ft 3 in Tom weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 6 ft 3 in |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
November 12, 1988, the Sabres traded Barrasso with a 3rd round draft pick in the 1990 draft (Joe Dziedzic) to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Doug Bodger and Darrin Shannon.
In his last few seasons he briefly played for several teams, the Ottawa Senators, the Carolina Hurricanes, the Toronto Maple Leafs, and the St. Louis Blues until retiring from ice hockey in 2003. He signed a pro forma contract with Pittsburgh on the day he declared retirement so he could leave hockey as a Penguin.
Facts & Trivia
Tom Ranked on the list of most popular Hockey Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tom Barrasso celebrates birthday on March 31 of every year.
Barrasso was goaltending coach (2007–09) and later assistant coach (2009–11) of the Carolina Hurricanes. In the 2012–13 season he moved to KHL’s Metallurg Magnitogorsk as assistant coach. During the Summer of 2015 Slovan Bratislava hired Barrasso as goaltending coach, but on October 31 he left the team and moved to Italy’s Valpellice as head coach. The team won the Coppa Italia, but refused to join the newly founded Alps Hockey League. Barrasso, however, did not leave Italy: he moved to Asiago as head coach. Barasso was named as Head Coach of the Sheffield Steelers in the EIHL in October 2018.
Where is Tom Barrasso now?
Barrasso now serves as the goaltender coach of the Carolina Hurricanes.
Who was Tom Barrasso?
Tom Barrasso, who led the Pittsburgh Penguins to back-to-back Stanley Cup titles, is the only goaltender to ever play in the National Hockey League that came directly from high school.
Who is the youngest goalie to win a Stanley Cup?
Patrick Roy, Colorado Avalanche Roy has the distinction of being the youngest, and one of the oldest goaltenders to ever take home a Stanley Cup.
What was Tom Barrasso number?
35: Tom Barrasso was Penguins’ 1st franchise goaltender. Monday, July 27, 2020 12:24 p.m. The Tribune-Review sports staff is conducting a daily countdown of the best players in Pittsburgh pro and college sports history to wear each jersey number.
Who's the youngest NHL player?
Cole Sillinger, Columbus Blue Jackets Columbus Blue Jackets’ rookie Cole Sillinger is the only 18-year-old playing in the NHL during the 2021-22 season. That means Sillinger is officially the NHL’s youngest player. Born May 16th, 2003, Sillinger has made quite the impact in the NHL considering his young age.
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