The Goalie portrays goaltender Ken Dryden in his signature position in front of the net: his chin resting on his crossed arms leaning on the top of his stick.

Before beginning to create the artwork, the artist Robin Bell organized a photo session with the celebrated hockey player, then he borrowed his equipment to study it in detail in his studio. Once the clay model of the statue was completed, it was cast in bronze at the Fonderia Artistica Mariani in Pietrasanta, with which Bell has collaborated for most of his art projects.

The life-size sculpture pays tribute to the hockey legend.

Ken Dryden was a member of the Montréal Canadiens hockey team from 1971 to 1979. He is one of the most celebrated goalies in the history of hockey. The sculpture portraying this hockey legend was commissioned from the artist Robin Bell in 1984. In 2021, Ivanhoé Cambridge donated The Goalie to the Ville de Montréal’s Collection municipale d’art public. The bronze statue is returning to its original site in the borough of Saint-Laurent. In addition to contributing to the borough’s cultural vitality, the placement of The Goalie near a rink makes it more accessible to the hockey-loving Montréal public.