Mike Vernon was born on February 24 1963 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is currently playing hockey with the Detroit Red Wings. Before playing with the Red Wings he played for The Calgary Flames and led them to a Stanley Cup appearance in 1986 and a Stanley Cup win in 1989. Although he didn't win the Conn Smythe trophy for outstanding player he very well should of won it (remember game 7 Vs Vancouver). After the Flames won the cup in 1989 they failed to advance to the second round of the play-offs, and to date still haven�t advanced to the second round of the play-offs. In 1994 Calgary dealt Mike Vernon to Detroit for defencemen Steve Chiaison in part of a major rebuilding process of the Flames. Detroit was in need for a goaltender, after a early losses in the play-offs it came apparent that Chris Osgood nor Tim Cheveldae could live up to play-off expectations. When Mike came he split the duties with Chris Osgood in the regular season and then took over all the play-off duties, he led them to the cup but they were beat out by The New Jersey Devils in the final. After the play-offs Mike was in a dispute with The Red Wings over a contract, after a couple of weeks of talking The Red Wings signed him to a two year contract worth around 2.3 million a season. In the 95-96 season Mike again split the duties with Chris Osgood, but had a mid season injury which kept him out of the line-up for about a month. In the play-offs the duties fell on Chris Osgood, Mike only played 3 games. The Red Wings got beaten out by Colorado in the semi-finals. In the 1997 season it was almost certain that Mike Vernon would have been dealt, he was playing very few games. Towards the end of the season Chris Osgood got hurt which allowed Mike to play in a lot of games in which he shined in. The fans seemed to get on Mike side after he kicked the #%# out of Patrick Roy in late March. When the play-offs rolled around Mike got the call and he played brilliantly, he outplayed Grant Fuhr, Patrick Roy, and Ron Hextall on the way of the Red Wings winning the Stanley Cup. Mike was awarded the Conn Smythe trophy as play-off MVP. After the 1997 seaon Mike was dealt to the San Jose Sharks for some draft picks. Outside of hockey Mike likes to invests his time into business opportunities such as a golf course or even a cattle farm in Calgary. He tried a goaltender hockey school which he ran with his brother but he didn't really seem to have the time to do all of it so it closed it's doors. He donates time and money to a wide variety of charities such as Children's Hospitals and Children's make a wish foundations. After he is retired from hockey he hopes to spend more time with charities and hockey schools. Mike is currently married and has a daughter. _________________________________________________________________________