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Terry SawchukvsSean Burke

Regular-season careers from the StatVault encyclopedia — the same tables as each player's profile.

G · VAL group GOALIE

Terry Sawchuk

1950–1970 · 21 seasons

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Sean Burke

1988–2007 · 18 seasons

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At a glance

Terry Sawchuk and Sean Burke: seasons, VAL, honors and league-leading seasons
Terry Sawchuk	Stat	Sean Burke
21	Seasons	18
146.1	Career VAL	130.1
22.8 (1951)	Peak-season VAL	23.3 (2001)
Inducted 1971	Hall of Fame	—
0	Black ink (league-leading seasons)	0
16	Gray ink (top-10 finishes)	4

VAL is Value Above League — regular-season production measured against the league at the same position group (NHL VAL board). Black and gray ink count seasons from 1960 on.

Career regular season

Career regular-season statistics both Terry Sawchuk and Sean Burke have
Terry Sawchuk	Stat	Sean Burke
Career
971	Games	820
Goaltending
445	Wins	324
103	Shutouts	38
2.50	Goals-against avg	2.96

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Save % — only Sean Burke has a career line.

VAL by ageEach season plotted at the player's age that season, so careers line up by age rather than by calendar.

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Age	Terry Sawchuk	Sean Burke
21	22.8	1.1
22	21.2	0.7
23	15.5	4
24	15.7	0
25	16.1	—
26	4.4	0
27	8.1	13.5
28	3.7	11.4
29	0	16.5
30	7.2	13.1
31	0	0
32	0	5.2
33	7.5	10.5
34	5.7	23.3
35	7.4	17.2
36	2.5	9.1
37	6.9	3.1
38	0	—
39	1.4	0.3
40	—	1.1