Awards and Honors
- Selected to the OHL Second All-Star team in 1983.
- Selectd to the CHL First All-Star Team in 1984.
- Terry Sawchuk Trophy winner in 1984 (shared with Ron Scott).
- Tommy Ivan Trophy (MVP-CHL) winner in 1984 (shared with Bruce Affleck).
- Selected to the NHL First All-Star Team in 1986.
- Vezina Trophy Winner in 1986.
- Played in 1994, 1996, 1997 NHL All-Star Games.
- Became the 15th, and only the 2nd American, goaltender in NHL history to record 300 career wins.
- Inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in October 2007.
- Ranked No. 31 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats.
- Vanbiesbrouck appears on the NHL 97 cover.
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