Editing Roger Crozier (section)

===Detroit Red Wings (1963–70)===
The Black Hawks traded Crozier to the [[Detroit Red Wings]] in [[1962–63 NHL season|1963]].<ref name="legendsofhockey.net"/> The young goaltender, now a full-time professional, spent the season in the minors mostly with the [[St. Louis Braves]] in the EPHL; he also played four games for the Buffalo Bisons in the AHL.<ref name="nhl.com"/> In [[1963–64 AHL season|1963–64]], he played 44 games with the [[Pittsburgh Hornets]], Detroit's AHL affiliate. He won numerous awards that year, including the [[Hap Holmes Memorial Award]] for the fewest goals given up, the [[Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award]] for top rookie, and a spot on the Second All-Star Team.<ref name="legendsofhockey.net"/> Crozier also made his NHL debut that season. The Red Wings' starting goaltender, [[Terry Sawchuk]], was injured and Crozier was called up as a substitute.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1TciAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xqsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1630,3332066&dq=crozier+traded+to+red+wings+from+hawks&hl=en|title=Hawks win in overtime to tie Cup playoffs|last=Cain|first=Charles C.|work=[[The Owosso Argus-Press]]|date=1964-04-01|access-date=2013-06-02 |page=39}}</ref> In only 15 games, he impressed management so well that he was made the Wings' new starting goaltender;<ref name="legendsofhockey.net"/> Sawchuk was left unprotected by the Red Wings during the [[1964 NHL Intra-League Draft|intraleague waiver draft]] in the off-season and was picked up by the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y2RkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RXwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1067,2490008&dq=sawchuk+toronto+picked&hl=en|title=Toronto grabs Sawchuk, Moore|work=[[The Calgary Herald]]|date=1964-06-11|access-date=2013-05-30 |page=16}}</ref> This made Crozier the Red Wings' starting goaltender at the age of 22.<ref name="legendsofhockey.net">{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=18477|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|title=Roger Crozier|access-date=2013-01-08}}</ref>
[[File:Hhof calder.jpg|right|170px|thumb|Crozier won the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] in 1965.]]

In [[1964–65 NHL season|1964–65]], his rookie season, Crozier started all of his team's games, the last goalie to do so in the NHL,<ref>{{cite book|last=Weekes|first=Don|title=The best & worst of hockey firsts: The unofficial guide|publisher=Greystone Books Ltd.|year=2003|location=Vancouver|page=[https://archive.org/details/bestworstofhocke0000week/page/102 102]|isbn=1926685423|url=https://archive.org/details/bestworstofhocke0000week/page/102}}</ref> and he led the league in wins and [[shutouts]] with 40 and six respectively. His 2.42 GAA was the second lowest in the league. He was awarded the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] as the NHL's top rookie and he was named to the [[NHL First All-Star Team]].<ref name="legendsofhockey.net"/> During his sophomore season, Crozier missed the team's couple of games due to [[pancreatitis]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O08_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=zFAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3175,4565494&dq=roger+crozier+pancreatitis+red+wings&hl=en|title=Howe breaks record, 5–2|last=Dulmage|first=Jack|work=[[The Windsor Star]]|date=1965-10-21|access-date=2013-06-02 |page=35}}</ref> In 64 games that year, he posted 27 wins and led the league with seven shutouts, and the Red Wings clinched a spot in the playoffs. After eliminating the Black Hawks in the semi-finals, the Red Wings squared off against the [[Montreal Canadiens]] in the [[1966 Stanley Cup Finals]]. The Red Wings won the first two games, but the Canadiens came back and won the next two. In the fourth game, Crozier suffered a leg injury. He played in game five, but the injury curbed his mobility.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Diamond|first1=Dan|last2=Duplacey|first2=James|last3=Zweig|first3=Eric|title=The ultimate prize: The Stanley Cup|publisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing|year=2003|location=Kansas City|page=[https://archive.org/details/ultimateprizesta0000diam/page/56 56]|isbn=0740738305|url=https://archive.org/details/ultimateprizesta0000diam/page/56}}</ref> The Canadiens won the [[Stanley Cup]] in game six.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=STC&year=1965-66|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|title=1965–66 Stanley Cup winner|access-date=2013-01-08}}</ref> Even though the Red Wings lost, Crozier was awarded the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] for being the most valuable player in the playoffs. He was the first goaltender to win the award and the first player to win it in a losing effort.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=CST&year=1965-66|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame|title=1965–66 Conn Smythe Trophy winner|access-date=2013-01-09}}</ref>

Due to pancreatitis, Crozier missed twelve games out of 70 in [[1966–67 NHL season|1966–67]]. His numbers were down as he won only 22 games and recorded a 3.35 GAA. The Red Wings missed the playoffs. After another bout of pancreatitis at the beginning of the [[1967–68 NHL season|1967–68 season]], Crozier announced his retirement due to stress and depression.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dy8gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZSgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2070,4392779&dq=roger+crozier+retires&hl=en|title=Redwings' Crozier quits hockey at 25|work=[[The Milwaukee Journal]]|date=1967-11-06 |access-date=2013-07-15 |page=53}}</ref> Six weeks later, however, he returned to the ice; he played five games with the [[Fort Worth Wings]] of the [[Central Professional Hockey League]] (CPHL) as conditioning, then returned to Detroit.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WutHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pv8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3599,2609942&dq=roger+crozier+returns&hl=en|title=Crozier returns, but Wings bow|work=[[The Morning Record]] |date=1968-01-22 |access-date=2013-01-11 |page=5}}</ref> After two more seasons on a mediocre Red Wings team, he was traded to the newly formed [[Buffalo Sabres]] in 1970.