Gerald Michael "Cheesey" Cheevers (born 7 December 1940) is a former goaltender who played in the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association between 1961 and 1980. He is best known for his two stints with the Boston Bruins, whom he helped win the Stanley Cup in 1970 and 1972. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985.\n', '

Cheevers\'s professional hockey career began in 1956 at the age of 16 when he played for the St. Michael\'s Majors of the Ontario Hockey Association.\n', '

He was owned by the Toronto Maple Leafs until the Boston Bruins drafted him in 1965. In 1964-65 he won 48 games in leading the Rochester Americans to their first Calder Cup. He still holds the AHL record for most victories in a season by a goaltender. He spent six years in the minors until 1967, when he became Boston\'s number one goalie.\n', '

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