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# Gerry Cheevers

(1940)   Ice Hockey Player

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Gerry Cheevers is an ice hockey player, best known for *Unmasked*.

## Quick Facts About Gerry Cheevers

Born December 7, 1940

Profession Ice Hockey Player

Notable works Unmasked

## About Gerry Cheevers

Gerald Michael Cheevers is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1961 and 1980. Cheevers is best known for his two stints with the Boston Bruins, whom he helped win the Stanley Cup in 1970 and 1972. Cheevers won more than 300 games between two professional leagues. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985.

##  Quotes by Gerry Cheevers

> [Sometimes you think they must have come out of the chimp cages at the Bronx zoo.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-cheevers/sometimes-you-think-they-must-have-come-out-of-the-chimp-cages-at-the/)

Gerry Cheevers

[Animal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animal/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/952/gerry-cheevers-70327_animal_sometimes-you-think-they-must-have-come_428159.png)

> [We goaltenders tend to be very proud bastards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-cheevers/we-goaltenders-tend-to-be-very-proud-bastards/)

Gerry Cheevers

[Hockey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hockey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d0/gerry-cheevers-70327_hockey_we-goaltenders-tend-to-be-very-proud-bas_690645.png)

> [In golf I am one under; one under a tree, one under a rock, and one under a bush.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-cheevers/in-golf-i-am-one-under-one-under-a-tree-one-under-a-rock-and-one/)

Gerry Cheevers

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/gerry-cheevers-70327_bush_in-golf-i-am-one-under-one-under-a-tree_1562354.png)

> [Roses are red, violets are blue, they got ten, we only got two.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-cheevers/roses-are-red-violets-are-blue-they-got-ten-we-only-got-two/)

Gerry Cheevers

[Blue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blue/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/gerry-cheevers-70327_blue_roses-are-red-violets-are-blue-they-got_1731110.png)

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