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{{Short description|Canadian hockey player and politician (1947–2025)}}
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| name = {{br entries|{{pre-nominal styles|pre-noms=[[The Honourable]]}}|Ken Dryden|{{post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|OC}}}}
| halloffame = 1983
| image = KenDrydenVoyaguers.jpg
| caption = Dryden with the [[Nova Scotia Voyageurs|Montreal Voyageurs]] c. 1970
| image_size = 
| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|8|8}}
| birth_place = [[Hamilton, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|9|5|1947|8|8}}
| death_place = [[Toronto]], Ontario, Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 4
| weight_lb = 205
| position = [[Goaltender]]
| catches = Left
| played_for = [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| ntl_team = CAN
| draft = 14th overall
| draft_year = 1964
| draft_team = [[Boston Bruins]]
| career_start = 1970
| career_end = 1979
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{{Infobox officeholder|embed=yes
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Kenneth Wayne Dryden
| honorific-suffix = {{postnominals|PC|OC}}
| image = 
| office1 = [[Minister of Families, Children and Social Development|Minister of Social Development]]
| term_start1 = July 20, 2004
| term_end1 = February 5, 2006
| predecessor1 = [[Liza Frulla]]
| successor1 = [[Diane Finley]]
| primeminister1 = [[Paul Martin]]
| riding2 = [[York Centre (federal electoral district)|York Centre]]
| parliament2 = Canadian
| term_start2 = June 28, 2004
| term_end2 = May 1, 2011
| predecessor2 = [[Art Eggleton]]
| successor2 = [[Mark Adler (politician)|Mark Adler]]
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| party = [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
| spouse = Lynda Dryden
| alma_mater = [[Cornell University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[McGill University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])
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'''Kenneth Wayne Dryden''' {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|PC|OC}} (August 8, 1947 – September 5, 2025) was a Canadian professional [[ice hockey]] [[goaltender]], politician, lawyer, businessman and author. He played for the [[Montreal Canadiens]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) from 1971 to 1979, winning the [[Stanley Cup]] six times, the [[Vezina Trophy]] as the goaltender on the team allowing the fewest goals five times, and the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] along with the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] as the most valuable player of the playoffs and rookie of the year respectively over the course of his rookie campaign. He was elected as member of the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1983. Thereafter, Dryden served as a Liberal [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] from 2004 to 2011 and was appointed [[Minister of Families, Children and Social Development|Minister of Social Development]] from 2004 to 2006 for which he was named an [[Officer of the Order of Canada]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=7 in legal profession get Order of Canada honours|url=https://www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general/7-in-legal-profession-get-order-of-canada-honours/271754|magazine=Canadian Lawyer Magazine|last=Cohen|first=Gail J.|access-date=September 11, 2025 |date=December 31, 2012}}</ref> In 2017, the NHL commemorated him as one of the league's [[100 Greatest NHL Players|100 Greatest Players]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Ken Dryden: 100 Greatest NHL Players|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/ken-dryden-100-greatest-nhl-hockey-players-285637088|website=NHL.com|access-date=September 11, 2025|date=January 1, 2017|last=Coffey|first=Wayne}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Citation|last=NHL|title=Ken Dryden won Conn Smythe before he won Calder|date=March 22, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCIEwsLagTM&list=PL1NbHSfosBuHEp2Bphcgz16OKz0kjnCH6&index=50 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/UCIEwsLagTM| archive-date=December 12, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=April 25, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He received the [[Order of Hockey in Canada]] in 2020.<ref name="2020-recipients">{{cite web|url=https://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/news/2020-oohic-class-of-2020-named-to-order|title=Class of 2020 unveiled for Order of Hockey in Canada|date=February 11, 2020|publisher=Hockey Canada|access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Dryden was born in [[Hamilton, Ontario]]<ref name=CHATLAS>{{cite book |title=The Canadian Hockey Atlas |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianhockeyat0000cole |url-access=registration |first=Stephen |last=Cole |publisher=Doubleday Canada |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-385-66093-8}}</ref> to parents [[Murray Dryden]] (1911–2004) and Margaret Adelia Campbell (1912–1985), and was raised in [[Islington-City Centre West|Islington]], then a suburb of [[Toronto]]. He played with the Etobicoke Indians of the [[Metro Junior B Hockey League]] as well as the Humber Valley Packers of the [[Greater Toronto Hockey League|Metro Toronto Hockey League]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dryden |first=Ken |date=October 16, 2017 |title=The outrageous, embarrassing, unmissable problem with hockey|url=https://macleans.ca/news/ken-dryden-the-outrageous-embarrassing-unmissable-problem-with-hockey/ |website=[[Maclean's]]|access-date=September 11, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hickey |first=Pat |date=December 10, 2020 |title=Best trades in Canadiens history: Dryden deal set Cup dynasty in motion |url=https://www.montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/hockey-inside-out/article247788.html |website=[[Montreal Gazette]]|access-date=September 11, 2025}}</ref>

Dryden was drafted fourteenth overall by the [[Boston Bruins]] in the [[1964 NHL amateur draft]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Labbé |first=Richard |date=6 September 2025 |title=Un de plus grand gardiens de l'histoire s'eteint |trans-title=One of the greatest goalkeepers in history dies |url=https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/2025-09-06/ken-dryden-1947-2025/un-des-plus-grands-gardiens-de-l-histoire-s-eteint.php |access-date=6 September 2025 |work=[[La Presse]] |location=Montreal |language=fr}}</ref> Days later, on June 28,<ref>{{cite web|title=Trader Sam's Greatest Trades|url=http://www.habsworld.net/article.php?id=1472|website=HabsWorld.net| date=August 15, 2007 |access-date=February 28, 2015|last=Denault|first=Todd}}</ref> the Bruins traded Dryden, along with [[Alex Campbell (ice hockey)|Alex Campbell]], to the [[Montreal Canadiens]] in exchange for Paul Reid and Guy Allen.<ref name=":1" /> Dryden was told by his agent that he had been drafted by the Canadiens and did not find out until the mid-1970s that he had been drafted by the Bruins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/ken-dryden-montreal-canadiens-279434222|title=Deadline recall started Dryden's road to glory|last=Stubbs|first=Dave|date=March 8, 2016|website=NHL.com|accessdate=September 11, 2025}}</ref>

Rather than play for the Canadiens in 1964, Dryden pursued a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[Cornell University Department of History|History]] at [[Cornell University]], where he also played [[college ice hockey|collegiately]] until his graduation in 1969. He backstopped the [[Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey|Cornell Big Red]] to the [[1967 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey tournament|1967 NCAA championship]] and to three consecutive [[ECAC Hockey League|ECAC]] tournament championships, winning 76 of his 81 varsity starts. At Cornell, he was a member of the [[Quill and Dagger]] society.<ref name='sun5-68'>''[[The Cornell Daily Sun]]'', May 9, 1968</ref> He also was a member of the [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada national team]] that participated at the [[1969 World Ice Hockey Championships|1969 World Championships]] tournament held in [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Larger than the sport|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2018/wm/news/1822/larger-than-the-sport|website=IIHF.com| date=March 28, 2017 |access-date=September 11, 2025}}</ref>

Dryden's jersey number 1 was retired by the Cornell Big Red on February 25, 2010; along with [[Joe Nieuwendyk]], he is one of two players to have their numbers retired by Cornell's hockey program.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2010/02/dryden-nieuwendyks-hockey-numbers-be-retired |title=Big Red to retire Dryden, Nieuwendyk's hockey numbers |first=Kevin |last=Zeise |work=[[Cornell Chronicle]]|date=February 25, 2010 |access-date=May 2, 2023}}</ref>

==Playing career==
Dryden made his NHL debut on March 14, 1971, against the [[Pittsburgh Penguins]] at [[Civic Arena (Pittsburgh)|Civic Arena]]. The Canadiens won the game 5–1, with Dryden stopping 35 of 36 shots.<ref>{{cite web |title=Montreal Canadiens vs. Pittsburgh Penguins Box Score: March 14, 1971 |url=https://www.hockey-reference.com/boxscores/197103140PIT.html |access-date=April 26, 2025 |website=[[Hockey-Reference.com]]}}</ref> He was called up from the minors late in the season and played only six regular season games, nonetheless posting an impressive 1.65 [[goals against average]] (GAA). This earned him the starting goaltending job for the playoffs ahead of veteran [[Rogie Vachon]], and he helped the Canadiens to win the [[Stanley Cup]]. He also won the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] as the most valuable player in the playoffs. He helped the Habs win the Stanley Cup five more times, in [[1973 Stanley Cup Final|1973]], [[1976 Stanley Cup Final|1976]], [[1977 Stanley Cup Final|1977]], [[1978 Stanley Cup Final|1978]], and [[1979 Stanley Cup Final|1979]].<ref>{{cite news |title=How Toronto's Ken Dryden achieved immortality in Montreal|url=https://www.tvo.org/article/how-torontos-ken-dryden-achieved-immortality-in-montreal |access-date=September 12, 2025 |work=[[TVO]]|date=February 1, 2016|last=Paikin|first=Steve}}</ref>

The [[1971–72 NHL season|following season]], Dryden won the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] as the rookie of the year having not been eligible the previous year due to not playing enough regular season games. With this, he is to date the only player in league history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy before winning the rookie of the year award as well as the only goaltender to capture both the Conn Smythe and the Stanley Cup before losing a regular season game.<ref name=":0" /> In the autumn of 1972, Dryden played for Canada in the [[1972 Summit Series]] against the [[Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team|Soviet Union national team]].<ref>{{cite web|title=How Ken Dryden remembers the Summit Series, 50 years later|url=https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/2410019 |access-date=September 12, 2025 |website=[[theScore]]|date=September 1, 2022|last=Matisz|first=John}}</ref>

[[File:HHOF July 2010 Canadiens locker 17 (Dryden).JPG|thumb|upright|A replica Ken Dryden jersey at the Montreal Canadiens locker room display at the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]].|alt=White hockey jersey with red and blue numbers and trim hanging from a shelf with a goalkeeper mask and padded equipment]]
Dryden played from 1971 to 1979, with a break during the entire [[1973–74 NHL season|1973–74 season]]; he was unhappy with the contract that the Canadiens offered him, which he considered less than his market worth, given that he had won the Stanley Cup and [[Vezina Trophy]]. With this, he instead [[Articled clerk|articled]] for a Toronto-based law firm in order to meet requirements for his [[Bachelor of Laws]] (LLB) degree received from [[McGill University]] in 1973.<ref>{{cite web |title=Notable alumni |url=https://www.mcgill.ca/about/alumni |publisher=McGill University|access-date=September 13, 2025}}</ref> He announced on September 14, 1973, that he was joining [[Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt]], earning $135 a week.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dryden Quits Hockey for Law Clerk Job |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/09/15/archives/dryden-quits-hockey-for-law-clerk-job.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 22, 2018 |date=September 15, 1973}}</ref> During this time, Dryden also interned with [[Ralph Nader]]'s [[Public Citizen]] organization. Inspired by Nader's call in [[Action for a Change]] for establishing [[Public Interest Research Group]]s, he tried to establish the [[Ontario Public Interest Research Group]] in the province of Ontario.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=PIRG Power |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45032678|last1=Farbridge|first1=Karen|last2=Cameron|first2=Peter|magazine=[[A\J: Alternatives Journal|Alternatives Journal]]|date=Summer 1998|volume=24|number=3|pages=22-27}}</ref> Despite his absence, the Canadiens still had a good year, going 45–24–9, but lost in the first round of the playoffs to the [[New York Rangers]] in six games. The team allowed 56 more goals in the 1973–74 season than they had the year before with Dryden.<ref name="athletics.mcgill.ca">{{cite web |url=http://www.athletics.mcgill.ca/alumni_news_details.ch2?article_id=454|title=McGill grad Ken Dryden trades pucks for politics|last=Scanlan|first=Wayne|publisher=McGill Athletics|date=May 18, 2004|access-date=September 28, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515141224/http://www.athletics.mcgill.ca/alumni_news_details.ch2?article_id=454 |archive-date=May 15, 2008}}</ref> He retired for the last time on July 9, 1979.<ref>{{cite news |title=From the archives: Dryden announces retirement |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/from-the-archives-dryden-announces-retirement/article1069554/ |access-date=August 4, 2020|publication-date=January 29, 2007|work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=July 10, 1979}}</ref>

Compared to those of most other great hockey players, Dryden's NHL career was very short: just over seven full seasons. Thus, he did not amass record totals in most statistical categories. As he played all his years with a [[Sports dynasty#Ice hockey|dynasty]] and retired before he passed his prime, his statistical percentages are unparalleled. His regular season totals include a 74.3 [[winning percentage]], a 2.24 GAA, a .922 [[save percentage]], along with 46 [[Shutout#Ice hockey|shutouts]] in just 397 NHL games. He won the Vezina Trophy five times which, at the time, was awarded to the goaltender on the team who allowed the fewest goals. He would also likewise be selected as a [[NHL First All-Star Team|First Team All-Star]] in each of his Vezina-winning campaigns. In 1998, he was ranked number 25 on ''[[The Hockey News]]''' list of the [[The Hockey News#All-time NHL player rankings|Top 100 NHL Players of All Time]], a remarkable achievement for a player with a comparatively brief career.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Top 100 NHL players of all-time, throwback style|url=https://thehockeynews.com/news/news/the-top-100-nhl-players-of-all-time-throwback-style |access-date=September 11, 2025 |work=[[The Hockey News]]|date=April 2, 2015|last=Kay|first=Jason}}</ref>

At {{height|ft=6|in=4}}, Dryden was so tall that when the puck was at the opposite end of the ice, he struck what became his trademark pose – leaning upon his stick.<ref name="AthleticObit">{{cite web |title=Ken Dryden, legendary Montreal Canadiens goalie, dies at age 78 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6604081/2025/09/06/ken-dryden-obit/|date=September 6, 2025|access-date=September 13, 2025|last=Granger|first=Jesse|work=[[The Athletic]]}}</ref> He was known as the "four-storey goalie," and was once referred to as "that thieving giraffe" by Boston Bruins superstar [[Phil Esposito]], in reference to Dryden's skill and height. Unbeknownst to him, his pose was exactly the same as the one struck by fellow Canadiens goaltender, [[Georges Vézina]], 60 years prior.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}

Dryden was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1983, as soon as he was eligible. His sweater number 29 was retired by the Canadiens on January 29, 2007. He was inducted into the [[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ken Dryden |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/13-ken-dryden|publisher=[[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] |date=2011 |access-date=April 10, 2018 |archive-date=July 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723034300/https://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/13-ken-dryden |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Post-playing career==

===Writing===
Dryden wrote one book during his hockey career: ''Face-Off at the Summit''. It was a diary about Canada's team in the 1972 [[Summit Series]]. The book has been out of print for many years.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}

After retiring from hockey Dryden wrote several more books. ''[[The Game (Ken Dryden)|The Game]]'' (1983)''<ref name=":1" />'' was a commercial and critical success, and was nominated for a [[1983 Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Award]] in 1983. His next book, ''Home Game: Hockey and Life in Canada'' (1990), written with [[Roy MacGregor]], was developed into an award-winning [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] six-part documentary series for television. His fourth book was ''The Moved and the Shaken: The Story of One Man's Life'' (1993). His fifth book, ''In School: Our Kids, Our Teachers, Our Classrooms'' (1995), written with Roy MacGregor, was about Canada's educational system. ''Becoming Canada'' (2010) argued for a new definition of Canada and its unique place in the world.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}

In 2019, he published ''Scotty: A Hockey Life Like No Other,'' his biography of his Canadiens coach [[Scotty Bowman]]. Dryden says at the beginning that he '''needed'' to write this book,' because 'Scotty had lived a truly unique life. He has experienced almost ''everything'' in hockey, up close, for the best part of a century - and his is a life that no one else will live again. It's a life that had to be captured. And it needs to be captured now, because time is moving on.'<ref>{{cite web|title=Scotty Bowman: A Coach's Life|url=https://thehockeywriters.com/canadiens-scotty-bowman-book-review/|date=March 14, 2024 |website=TheHockeyWriters.com|access-date=September 12, 2025}}</ref> 

Feeling that Bowman was 'too practical and focused' to be a natural storyteller, Dryden instead asked Bowman to think like a coach and select the 8 greatest teams of all time (but only one per dynasty) and explain what he thought about them, how we coach against them but also what was happening in his life at that time and through that process, Bowman's story would be told.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}

===Commentator===
[[File:Ken Dryden The Goalie, 28-oct 2023 image 01.jpg|thumb|upright|A statue of Ken Dryden in [[Saint-Laurent, Quebec]] featuring his signature resting position.|alt=Bronze statue of an ice hockey netminder standing while leaning on a hockey stick]]
Dryden worked as a television hockey commentator at the [[1980 Winter Olympics|1980]], [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] and [[1988 Winter Olympics]]. He served as a colour commentator with play-by-play man [[Al Michaels]] for [[ABC Olympic broadcasts|ABC]]'s coverage of the "[[Miracle on Ice]]".<ref name="AthleticObit"/> Immediately before [[Mike Eruzione]]'s game-winning goal for the US, Dryden expressed his concern that the team was "depending a little bit too much" on goaltender [[Jim Craig (ice hockey)|Jim Craig]] after Craig had just made "too many good saves".{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}

===Sports executive===
In 1997, Dryden was hired as president of the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] by minority owner [[Larry Tanenbaum]]. [[Pat Quinn (ice hockey)|Pat Quinn]] became head coach in 1998, and there were reports that the two men had a frosty relationship. A few months after joining the Leafs, Quinn became general manager, a move thought by some to preempt Dryden from hiring former Canadiens teammate [[Bob Gainey]].<ref name="athletics.mcgill.ca"/>

Dryden spoke at the [[Open Ice Summit]] in 1999, to discuss improvements needed to ice hockey in Canada. He wanted delegates to accept that progress made at the lower levels and off the ice was important in achieving international results.<ref>{{cite book|last=McKinley|first=Michael|title=It's Our Game: Celebrating 100 Years Of Hockey Canada|publisher=[[Viking Press|Viking]]|date=2014 |location=Toronto, Ontario|isbn=978-0-670-06817-3|pages=314–316}}</ref> He was cautious that change would come slowly and be costly, but felt the summit was an important step in making progress.<ref>{{cite news|title=11 ideas from Open summit|last=Colbourn|first=Glen|date=August 28, 1999|newspaper=[[Medicine Hat News]]|location=Medicine Hat, Alberta|page=9 |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-aug-28-1999-1717170/}}</ref> He also urged for the end to persistent abuse of [[Official (ice hockey)|on-ice officials]], or Canada would lose 10,000 referees each year. As a result of the summit, Hockey Canada started to educate on the importance of respect for game officials.<ref>{{cite news|title=CHA wants fans to layoff referees|last=Beacon|first=Bill|date=November 5, 1999|newspaper=[[Winnipeg Free Press]]|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba|page=50|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/sports-clipping-nov-05-1999-1717195/}}</ref>

On August 29, 2003, with the hiring of [[John Ferguson, Jr.]] as general manager, there was a major management shakeup. Majority owner [[Steve Stavro]] was bought out by the [[Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan]] and he stepped down as chairman in favour of [[Larry Tanenbaum]]. Quinn continued as head coach. Dryden's position was abolished, in favour of having both the Leafs' and [[Toronto Raptors|Raptors]]' managers reporting directly to [[Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.|MLSE]] president and CEO [[Richard Peddie]]. Dryden was shuffled to the less important role of vice-chairman and given a spot on MLSE's board of directors. This was described by commentators as "sitting outside the loop", as Dryden did not report directly to Leafs ownership.<ref name="athletics.mcgill.ca"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.athletics.mcgill.ca/alumni_news_details.ch2?article_id=453 |title=Former hockey great Ken Dryden moves into politics|date=May 18, 2004|access-date=December 5, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208124054/http://www.athletics.mcgill.ca/alumni_news_details.ch2?article_id=453 |archive-date=February 8, 2006|last=Galloway|first=Gloria|publisher=McGill Athletics}}</ref> He stayed on until 2004 when he resigned to enter politics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Feschuk |first=Dave|date=September 7, 2025|title=Ken Dryden was more than a great Canadien. He was a great Canadian who helped the Leafs through troubled times|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/ken-dryden-was-more-than-a-great-canadien-he-was-a-great-canadian-who-helped/article_569d7ab4-6aa0-4694-8c6b-29ecc8fac838.html |access-date=September 11, 2025|work=[[Toronto Star]]}}</ref>

===Teaching===
In January 2012, Dryden was appointed a "Special Visitor" at his alma mater [[McGill University]]'s Institute for the Study of Canada. He taught a [[Canadian studies]] course entitled "Thinking the Future to Make the Future," which focused on issues facing Canada in the future and possible solutions to them.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://reporter.mcgill.ca/q-a-ken-dryden-thinks-the-future/|title=Q & A: Ken Dryden thinks the future|date=January 17, 2012|work=McGill Reporter|access-date = May 2, 2023|first=Cynthia|last=Lee}}</ref>

Dryden was selected to present the Charles R. Bronfman Lecture in Canadian Studies at the University of Ottawa in 2000. His lecture, entitled ''Finding a Way: Legacy for the Past, Recipe for the Future'', was subsequently published by the University of Ottawa Press.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bronfman lectures |url=https://www.uottawa.ca/faculty-arts/institute-indigenous-research-studies/bronfman-lectures |website=[[University of Ottawa]]}}</ref>

==Political career==
Dryden joined the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] and ran for the [[House of Commons of Canada|House of Commons]] in the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 federal election]].<ref name=":1" /> He was selected by party leader and [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] Paul Martin as a "[[star candidate]]" in the Toronto [[Electoral district (Canada)|riding]] of [[York Centre (federal electoral district)|York Centre]], then considered a [[safe seat|safe]] Liberal riding.<ref name="The Star">{{cite news| url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2011/05/03/dryden_goes_down_to_defeat.html |title=Dryden goes down to defeat |first=Paul |last=Moloney |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|date=May 3, 2011|access-date=May 3, 2011}}</ref> He had previously attended the 1987 [[New Democratic Party]] federal convention, under the leadership of [[Ed Broadbent]].<ref>{{cite web|title=File_8703_BROADBENT_DRYDEN_Ken_027_LSV-1012.jpg|date=March 11, 1987|publisher=Agence Quebec Presse|url=https://agencequebecpresse.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/1987-03-POL-Congres-du-NPD/G0000kwpnmy3TDOY/I0000sX9y227gb5s/C0000.370SX98fk0|access-date=September 13, 2025}}</ref>

Dryden was elected by a margin of over 11,000 votes.<ref name="2004 results">{{cite news |title=Election results...riding by riding |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=June 29, 2004 |page=A14}}</ref> He was named to [[Cabinet of Canada|Cabinet]] as [[Minister of Social Development (Canada)|Minister of Social Development]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Who does what in the new federal cabinet |newspaper=[[The Hamilton Spectator]]|date=July 21, 2004 |page=A10}}</ref> He made headlines on February 16, 2005, as the target of a remark by [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] [[Rona Ambrose]] who said about Dryden, "working women want to make their own choices, we don't need old white guys telling us what to do." Ambrose made the remarks after Dryden commented on a poll that analyzed child care choices by Canadian families.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Verbal Slapshot; MP tells child-care minister Ken Dryden: 'We don't need old white guys telling us what to do' |last=Dugas |first=Dan |newspaper=[[The Hamilton Spectator]] |date=February 16, 2005 |page=A10}}</ref> Dryden won generally favourable reviews for his performance in Cabinet.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}

Dryden was re-elected in the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006 federal election]], while the Liberals were defeated and [[Paul Martin]] resigned the party leadership.<ref name="2006 results">{{cite news |title=Election results...riding by riding |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=January 24, 2006 |page=A16}}</ref> Interim party and opposition leader [[Bill Graham (Canadian politician)|Bill Graham]] named Dryden to his shadow cabinet as health critic.<ref>{{cite news |title=Six Liberals named to shadow cabinet |last=O'Neill |first=Juliet |newspaper=[[Vancouver Sun]] |date=February 23, 2006 |page=A6}}</ref>

Dryden's margin of victory in [[York Centre (federal electoral district)|York Centre]] dwindled in the 2006 and 2008 elections.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hockey legend Ken Dryden loses bid for fourth term |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/hockey-legend-ken-dryden-loses-bid-for-fourth-term/ |work=[[CTV News]]|last=Hewitt|first=Pat |date=May 2, 2011}}</ref> In the 2011 federal election, he focused his efforts on his own re-election instead of campaigning for other candidates as he did in the past, and he received a visit from former Prime Minister [[Jean Chrétien]]. Still, Dryden lost his seat to Conservative candidate [[Mark Adler (politician)|Mark Adler]] by nearly 6,000 votes.<ref name="The Star"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Israel a key election issue in York Centre |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/israel-a-key-election-issue-in-york-centre-1.1038800 |work=[[CBC News]] |date=April 25, 2011}}</ref>

===2006 leadership campaign===
[[File:Dryden Rise Up for Canada Rally.jpg|thumb|Ken Dryden at the Rise Up for Canada Rally in April 2011|alt=Middle-aged man wearing a grey suit and white dress shirt]]
On April 28, 2006, Dryden announced that he would run for the leadership of the [[Liberal Party of Canada]], which would be choosing a successor to Paul Martin at a [[2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election|convention in Montreal on December 2, 2006]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/and-then-there-were-10-ken-dryden-is-in-1.587809|work=[[CBC News]]|title=And then there were 10 ... Ken Dryden is in|date=April 28, 2006}}</ref>

A poll<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gandalfgroup.ca/downloads/Liberal_Leadership_The_Publics_Choice.pdf |title=Liberal Leadership – The Public's Choice|publisher=The Gandalf Group|date=September 14, 2006|access-date=September 16, 2006 |archive-date=November 27, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061127170847/http://www.gandalfgroup.ca/downloads/Liberal_Leadership_The_Publics_Choice.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> found that Dryden's potential pool of support exceeded that of his opponents, due mainly to his former NHL career. His fundraising fell well below that of top leadership contenders ([[Michael Ignatieff]], [[Gerard Kennedy]], [[Stéphane Dion]] and [[Bob Rae]]). A variety of media pundits criticized his ponderous speaking style and limited French. Supporters argued that few people were strongly opposed to him and that if he ran he could attract more support on later ballots as a consensus candidate.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}

At the convention, Dryden came in fifth place on the first ballot with 238 delegates, 4.9% of the vote. On the second ballot, he came in last place with 219 votes (4.7%) and was eliminated. He initially threw his support to Bob Rae, but after Rae was eliminated in the third ballot and released all of his delegates, Dryden endorsed Stéphane Dion, who went on to win the leadership.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}

According to Elections Canada filings, as of 2013 Dryden's campaign still owed $225,000.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberal-leadership-candidates-with-outstanding-loans-wont-be-taken-to-court/article13496625/ | location=Toronto | work=[[The Globe and Mail]] | title=Liberal leadership candidates remain off the hook for outstanding debts | date=July 30, 2013|last=Galloway|first=Gloria}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
[[File:Ken Dryden, 28-oct-2023 image 02.jpg|thumb|upright|Dryden in October 2023|alt=Middle-aged man wearing a dark blue suitcoat, black dress shirt, and silver-rimmed eyeglasses]]
Dryden and his wife Lynda had two children and four grandchildren.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ken Dryden 20 Questions: On the '72 Summit Series, Jolly Cola and the state of Canadian hockey|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3532601/2022/08/24/ken-dryden-20-questions-summit-series/ |access-date=September 11, 2025 |work=[[The Athletic]]|date=August 24, 2022|last=Fitz-Gerald|first=Sean}}</ref> He was a first cousin, twice removed, of [[Murray Murdoch]], another former NHL player and a longtime coach of the [[Yale Bulldogs men's ice hockey|Yale Bulldogs]] hockey team, and [[Andy Blair (ice hockey)|Andrew Dryden Blair]], who played on the [[1932 Stanley Cup Final#Stanley Cup engraving|1931–32 Leafs Stanley Cup winning team]]. His [[List of family relations in the NHL#Siblings|older brother]], [[Dave Dryden|Dave]], also played in the NHL and the [[World Hockey Association]] (WHA) as a goaltender from 1961 to 1980. On March 20, 1971, he played in a home game against his brother who was a backup goaltender at the time for the [[Buffalo Sabres]].<ref name="siblings">{{cite web|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/dave-dryden-date-with-history-nearly-eluded-late-nhl-goalie-336177970|title=Dave Dryden's date with history nearly eluded late NHL goalie|last=Stubbs|first=Dave|date=October 8, 2022|website=NHL.com|accessdate=September 6, 2025}}</ref> The siblings would face each other eight times in total (six games in the regular season and two in the playoffs).<ref name="siblings"/> He also had a sister, Judy, who worked as a nurse.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ken Dryden: the star who hates to lose|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ken-dryden-the-star-who-hates-to-lose/article4110678/ |access-date=September 11, 2025|work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=September 14, 2006|last=Taber|first=Jane}}</ref>

On September 5, 2025, Dryden died from cancer in Toronto at the age of 78.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-06 |title=The Montreal Canadiens mourn the passing of Ken Dryden|url=https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/the-montreal-canadiens-mourn-the-passing-of-ken-dryden |access-date=2025-09-06 |via=NHL.com |language=en|publisher=Montreal Canadiens}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/sports/hockey/ken-dryden-dead.html|title = Ken Dryden, Hall of Fame Goalie in a Multifaceted Life, Dies at 78|last = Sandomir|first = Richard|date = September 9, 2025|accessdate = September 9, 2025|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Regular season and playoffs===
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|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="9" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="8" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! [[Shutout#Ice hockey|SO]] !! [[Goals against average|GAA]] !! [[save percentage|SV%]]
! GP !! W !! L !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA !! SV%
|-
| 1963–64
| Humber Valley Packers
| MTHL
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1964–65
| Etobicoke Indians
| [[Metro Junior A Hockey League|MetJHL]]
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — 
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1966–67 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season|1966–67]]
| [[Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey|Cornell University]]
| [[ECAC Hockey|ECAC]]
| 27 || 26 || 0 || 1 || 1,646 || 40 || 4 || 1.46 || .945
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1967–68 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season|1967–68]]
| Cornell University
| ECAC
| 29 || 25 || 2 || 0 || 1,620 || 41 || 6 || 1.52 || .938
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1968–69 NCAA University Division men's ice hockey season|1968–69]]
| Cornell University
| ECAC
| 27 || 25 || 2 || 0 || 1,578 || 47 || 3 || 1.79 || .936
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1970–71 AHL season|1970–71]]
| [[Montreal Voyageurs]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 33 || 16 || 7 || 8 || 1,899 || 84 || 3 || 2.68 || —
| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]]
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 6 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 327 || 9 || 0 || 1.65 || .957
| 20 || 12 || 8 || 1,221 || 61 || 0 || 3.00 || .914
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1971–72 NHL season|1971–72]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 64 || 39 || 8 || 15 || 3,800 || 142 || 8 || 2.24 || .930
| 6 || 2 || 4 || 360 || 17 || 0 || 2.83 || .911
|-
| [[1972–73 NHL season|1972–73]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 54 || 33 || 7 || 13 || 3,165 || 119 || 6 || 2.26 || .926
| 17 || 12 || 5 || 1,039 || 50 || 1 || 2.89 || .908
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1974–75 NHL season|1974–75]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 56 || 30 || 9 || 16 || 3,320 || 149 || 4 || 2.69 || .906
| 11 || 6 || 5 || 688 || 29 || 2 || 2.53 || .916
|-
| [[1975–76 NHL season|1975–76]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 62 || 42 || 10 || 8 || 3,580 || 121 || 8 || 2.03 || .927
| 13 || 12 || 1 || 780 || 25 || 1 || 1.92 || .929
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1976–77 NHL season|1976–77]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 56 || 41 || 6 || 8 || 3,275 || 117 || 10 || 2.14 || .920
| 14 || 12 || 2 || 849 || 22 || 4 || 1.55 || .932
|-
| [[1977–78 NHL season|1977–78]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 52 || 37 || 7 || 7 || 3,071 || 105 || 5 || 2.05 || .921
| 15 || 12 || 3 || 919 || 29 || 2 || 1.89 || .920
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1978–79 NHL season|1978–79]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 47 || 30 || 10 || 7 || 2,814 || 108 || 5 || 2.30 || .909
| 16 || 12 || 4 || 990 || 41 || 0 || 2.48 || .900
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|NHL totals
! 397 !! 258 !! 57 !! 74 !! 23,330 !! 870 !! 46 !! 2.24 !! .922
! 112 !! 80 !! 32 !! 6,846 !! 274 !! 10 !! 2.40 !! .915
|}

===International===
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|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP !! W !! L !! T !! MIN !! GA !! SO !! GAA
|-
| [[1969 World Ice Hockey Championships|1969]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[Ice Hockey World Championships|WC]]
| 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 120 || 4 || 1 || 2.00
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1972 Summit Series|1972]]
| Canada
| SS
| 4 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 240 || 19 || 0 || 4.75
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|Senior totals
! 6 !! 3 !! 3 !! 0 !! 360 !! 23 !! 1 !! 3.83
|}

{{cite web |url=http://hockeygoalies.org/bio/drydenk.html|title = Dryden's stats |publisher=The Goaltender Home Page|access-date=August 7, 2017}}

==Awards and honours==
Dryden's hockey awards and honours include:

{| class="wikitable"
! Award
! Year
! Remark
|-
! colspan="3"|[[NCAA Division I men's ice hockey|College]]
|-
| All-[[ECAC Hockey|ECAC]] [[List of All-ECAC Hockey Teams#First Team|First Team]]
| [[1966–67 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1966–67]], [[1967–68 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1967–68]], [[1968–69 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season|1968–69]]
| 
|-
| [[American Hockey Coaches Association|AHCA]] [[List of Division I AHCA All-American Teams|East All-American]]
| 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69
| 
|-
| ECAC [[List of ECAC Hockey All-Tournament Team|All-Tournament First Team]]
| [[1967 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|1967]], [[1968 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|1968]], [[1969 ECAC Hockey Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|1969]]
| 
|-
| [[NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship|NCAA]] [[List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey All-Tournament Teams|All-Tournament First Team]]
| [[1967 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|1967]]
| <ref name = ncaa>{{cite news|title=NCAA Frozen Four Records|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/frozen_4/2009/f4recs.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|access-date=June 19, 2013}}</ref>
|-
| NCAA [[List of NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey All-Tournament Teams#Second Teams|All-Tournament Second Team]]
| [[1968 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|1968]], [[1969 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament|1969]]
| <ref name="ncaa" />
|-
| No. 1 jersey retired by the [[Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey|Cornell Big Red]]{{efn|One of only two players to have his number retired by the Cornell hockey program, the other being [[Joe Nieuwendyk]].}}
| February 25, 2010
| 
|-
! colspan="3"|[[National Hockey League]]
|-
| [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] winner
| [[1970-71 NHL season|1971]]
| 
|-
| [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] winner
| [[1971-72 NHL season|1972]]
| 
|-
| [[Vezina Trophy]] winner
| [[1972–73 NHL season|1973]], [[1975–76 NHL season|1976]], [[1976–77 NHL season|1977]], [[1977–78 NHL season|1978]], [[1978–79 NHL season|1979]]{{efn|Shared with [[Michel Larocque]] in 1977, 1978 and 1979.}}
| 
|-
| [[Stanley Cup]] champion
| [[1971 Stanley Cup Final|1971]], [[1973 Stanley Cup Final|1973]], [[1976 Stanley Cup Final|1976]], [[1977 Stanley Cup Final|1977]], [[1978 Stanley Cup Final|1978]], [[1979 Stanley Cup Final|1979]]
| 
|-
| [[NHL All-Star Game]] participant
| [[25th National Hockey League All-Star Game|1972]], [[28th National Hockey League All-Star Game|1975]], [[29th National Hockey League All-Star Game|1976]], [[30th National Hockey League All-Star Game|1977]], [[31st National Hockey League All-Star Game|1978]]
| 
|-
| Selected to [[NHL First All-Star Team]]
| 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
|
|-
| Selected to [[NHL Second All-Star Team]]
| 1972
| 
|-
| Named to league's list of [[100 Greatest NHL Players]]
| 2017
| 
|-
! colspan="3"|[[Montreal Canadiens]]
|-
| No. 29 jersey retired by the franchise
| January 29, 2007
| 
|-
! colspan="3"|Miscellaneous
|-
| Inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]]
| 1983
| 
|-
| No. 25 on ''[[The Hockey News]]''' list of the [[The Hockey News#All-time NHL player rankings|Top 100 NHL Players of All Time]]
| 1998
| 
|-
| Inducted into the [[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]]
| 2011
|
|-
| Appointed as an [[Officer of the Order of Canada]]
| 2012
|
|-
| Recipient of the [[Order of Hockey in Canada]]
| 2020
| <ref name="2020-recipients" />
|}

He received [[honorary doctoral degree]]s from several universities,<ref>{{cite web |title=Biography: Ken Dryden |url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/205/300/liberal-ef/06-01-30/www.liberal.ca/bio_e.aspx%40%26id%3D35103 |publisher=Liberal Party of Canada |access-date=September 13, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410181356/https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/205/300/liberal-ef/06-01-30/www.liberal.ca/bio_e.aspx%40%26id%3D35103 |archive-date=April 10, 2022 |url-status=live }}</ref> including:
{| class="wikitable"
! Honorary degree
! University
! Year
! Remark
|-
| Honorary [[Legum Doctor|LLD]] degree
| [[University of British Columbia]]
| 1992
| <ref>[https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites10.html The Title and Degree of Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) conferred at congregation, May 26, 1992] - website of the [[University of British Columbia]]</ref>
|-
| Honorary LLD degree
| [[York University]]
| 1996
| <ref>[https://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/senate/sub-committee-on-honorary-degrees-and-ceremonials/honorary-degree-recipients/ Honorary Degree Recipients] - website of [[York University]]</ref>
|-
| Honorary LLD degree
| [[University of Windsor]]
| 1997
| <ref>[https://www.uwindsor.ca/secretariat/sites/uwindsor.ca.secretariat/files/honorary_degree_by_convocation_1.pdf Honorary degrees conferred (Chronological)] - website of the [[University of Windsor]]</ref>
|-
| Honorary [[Doctor of the University|DUniv]] degree
| [[University of Ottawa]]
| 2000
| <ref>[https://www.uottawa.ca/about-us/president/honorary-doctorates/dryden-ken Honorary doctorates | Dryden, Ken] - website of the [[University of Ottawa]]</ref>
|-
| Honorary LLD degree
| [[McMaster University]]
| 2003
| <ref>[https://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/posted-on-april-9-maple-leafs-ken-dryden-business-executive-belinda-stronach-among-spring-convocation-honorary-degree-recipients/ Maple Leafs' Ken Dryden, business executive Belinda Stronach among Spring Convocation honorary degree recipients] - website of [[McMaster University]]</ref>
|-
| Honorary [[Doctor of Civil Law|DCL]] degree
| [[Saint Mary's University (Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]]
| 2004
| <ref>[https://www.smu.ca/academics/archives/honorary-degrees.html Honorary Degrees 1990 - Present] - website of [[Saint Mary's University (Halifax)|Saint Mary's University]]</ref>
|-
| Honorary LLD degree
| [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]]
| 2013
| <ref>[https://www.ryerson.ca/calendar/2021-2022/about-ryerson/honorary-doctorates/ Ryerson Honorary Doctorates and Fellowships] - website of the [[Toronto Metropolitan University|Ryerson University]]</ref>
|-
| Honorary [[Doctor of Letters|DLitt]] degree
| [[University of Winnipeg]]
| 2013
| <ref>[https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/awards-distinctions/honorary-doctorate/dryden.html Honorary Doctorate: Ken Dryden] - website of the [[University of Winnipeg]]</ref>
|-
| Honorary DLitt degree
| [[McGill University]]
| 2018
| <ref>[https://www.mcgill.ca/newsroom/channels/news/naomi-azrieli-ken-dryden-receive-honorary-degrees-291005 Naomi Azrieli, Ken Dryden to receive honorary degrees News] - website of [[McGill University]]</ref>
|-
|}

==Bibliography==

===Non-fiction===
* ''Face-off at the Summit'' (with [[Mark Mulvoy]], 1973)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Dryden|first1=Ken|last2=Mulvoy|first2=Mark|title=Face-off at the Summit|publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company]]|date=1973|location=Boston, Massachusetts|isbn=9780316193603|oclc=584848}}</ref>
* ''[[The Game (Ken Dryden)|The Game]]'' (1983)<ref>{{cite book |last=Dryden |first=Ken|date=1983 |title=[[The Game (Dryden book)|The Game]]|publisher=[[Macmillan of Canada]]|location=Canada|isbn=978-0-771-59720-6}}</ref>
* ''Home Game: Hockey and Life in Canada'' (with [[Roy MacGregor]], 1990)<ref name="kdbib">{{cite web|url=https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/authors/7480/ken-dryden|title=Ken Dryden|publisher=Penguin Random House Canada|access-date=November 30, 2017}}</ref>
* ''[[The Moved and the Shaken]]'' (1993)<ref name="kdbib2">{{cite news|title=Dryden’s account of high-school chums gets top marks|last=Walz|first=Gene|date=October 21, 2023|newspaper=[[Winnipeg Free Press]]|url=https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/entertainment/books/2023/10/21/drydens-account-of-high-school-chums-gets-top-marks|access-date=September 16, 2025}}</ref>
* ''In School: Our Kids, Our Teachers, Our Classrooms'' (with Roy MacGregor, 1995)<ref name="kdbib2"/>
* ''Becoming Canada'' (2010)<ref name="kdbib"/>
* ''[[Game Change (Dryden book)|Game Change]]'' (2017)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Popplewell |first1=Brett |title=Review: Ken Dryden’s Game Change is a deep piece of investigative journalism |url=https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/review-ken-drydens-game-change-is-a-deep-piece-of-investigative-journalism/article36674963 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=September 13, 2025 |date=October 20, 2017}}</ref>
* ''Scotty: A Hockey Life Like No Other'' (2019)<ref name="kdbib"/>
* ''The Series: What I Remember, What It Felt Like, What It Feels Like Now'' (2022)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clipperton |first=Joshua |date=September 6, 2025 |title=Former Canadiens star goaltender Ken Dryden dies of cancer at age 78 |url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/former-canadiens-star-goaltender-ken-dryden-dies-of-cancer-at-age-78/article_d9c4244c-81ae-5e9e-97d1-ff0779f58979.html |access-date=September 6, 2025 |work=[[Toronto Star]]}}</ref>
* ''The Class: A Memoir of a Time, a Place, and Us'' (2023)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Legislative Assembly of Ontario |date=July 12, 2024 |title=2024 Speaker's Book Award Shortlist Announced |url=https://www.ola.org/en/media-centre/news-releases-2024/2024-speakers-book-award-shortlist-announced |access-date=September 6, 2025}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{icehockeystats|legendsm=P198301}}
* [http://hockeygoalies.org/bio/drydenk.html Ken Dryden biography] at [http://hockeygoalies.org hockeygoalies.org] - advanced statistics and game logs
* {{IMDb name | id=1105047 | name=Ken Dryden}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060215194756/http://www.howdtheyvote.ca/member.php?id=93 How'd They Vote?: Ken Dryden's voting history and quotes]
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=16970}}

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