Andy Moog - Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins

On the trading deadline of the 1987–88 season, Moog was traded to the Boston Bruins for Bill Ranford this was shortly after the 1988 Olympics. The Bruins also implemented a two-goalie system. Moog shared the duties with Reggie Lemelin. Lemelin was in goal for most of the action during the 1988 Cup run. The Bruins went to the 1988 Finals and lost to the Oilers. Moog was in goal for the series loss clinching game. Despite Lemelin initially starting in net during the 1989–90 playoffs, when the Bruins were on a streak to win the Presidents Trophy, Moog would gain the starting position. After a few games and performing heroics, Moog's team went all of the way to the Stanley Cup Finals.

One Stanley Cup highlight was during the first round against the Hartford Whalers. With Hartford leading two games to one and leading in game four owned a 5–2 entering the third period. Moog replaced Lemelin in goal and shutout the Whalers for the remainder of the game. The Bruins then rallied for a comeback by scoring four goals in the third period. Another memorable moment followed in the second round when the Bruins finally clinched a playoff series win against longtime rivals, the Montreal Canadiens, in the Boston Garden for the first time since 1944. In the Stanley Cup Finals, the Bruins lost in five games to Moog's old team, the Oilers. Who were ironically backstopped by Ranford.

In both the 1991 and 1992 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Bruins defeated the Canadiens in the second round to make it to the Prince of Wales Conference Finals. Moog soon gained a reputation as the Bruins' biggest "Hab-killer" shutting out the Canadiens as part of a sweep in the 1992 postseason. However, the Bruins lost both series to the Pittsburgh Penguins who were led by Mario Lemieux. In 1991, Boston took the first two games of the series each by a of 5–4, but Pittsburgh went on to win the next four games and the series; followed by a win of the Stanley Cup. Again in 1992, Boston was no match for Pittsburgh and was swept in four games during the PW Conference Finals.

In the 1992–93 season, Moog did not start well partly because of a poor relationship with head coach Brian Sutter and partly because of the death of his father in January 1993. After the rough start, things improved and Moog backstopped his team to the Adams Division title and the second-best record in both Conferences, fittingly behind Pittsburgh. Moog finished the season strong and was runner-up for the William Jennings Trophy. The 1993 playoffs, however, were a disaster. Boston was unexpectedly swept by the Buffalo Sabres, losing all three games in overtime. In the final game of the series Moog give up the heartbreaking overtime goal to the Sabres' Brad May.

Andy Moog's Bruins mask was voted one of the scariest goalie masks by The Hockey News for his Boston Bruins mask.