Mike Veisor

Michael David Veisor, Sr. is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender. He played 139 games in the National Hockey League between 1973 and 1984. He was described as: "One of the most agile goaltenders around; plays goal like a trapeze artist."

Biography

Veisor was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is Jewish. As a youth, he played in the 1963 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto. He was drafted in Round 3 in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft. He started his National Hockey League career with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1973. He was the second Jewish goalie in NHL history. He had wanted to be the first, but he was preceded by Ross Brooks.
He also played for the Hartford Whalers and Winnipeg Jets. He retired after the 1984 season.
Veisor formally worked at Avon Old Farms School, in Avon, Connecticut, as the rink manager. His son, Michael David Veisor, Jr., was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft. Mike, Jr. is a former college and minor-league goaltender, but he never played in the NHL.