Ed Johnston

Edward Joseph "E.J." Johnston, born November 24, 1935, is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender, coach, and general manager in the National Hockey League. His professional career spanned fifty-three years, twenty-two as a player and thirty-one in management, mostly in the NHL.

Johnston grew up in an anglophone neighborhood in Montreal, where he was often called "E.J.," a nickname by which he is still known. He became interested in ice hockey as a youth and took up the position of goaltender. He began his career as a teenager in 1953 with the Montreal Junior Royals of the Quebec Junior Hockey League, then spent six years in the minor leagues, winning multiple championships. Among his more notable seasons was the 1959–60 EHL season, in which he played in every game.

He won two Stanley Cups as a player with the Boston Bruins, in 1970 and 1972. In the 1963–64 season he played every minute of every game, making him the last NHL goaltender to do so.

After his playing career, Johnston moved into management. He won three additional Stanley Cups as senior advisor for hockey operations with the Pittsburgh Penguins, in 2009, 2016, and 2017, an organization he worked for in various capacities over twenty-five years.