Andre Racicot
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Andre "Red Light" Racicot (born June 9, 1969 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a retired ice hockey goaltender.
Racicot started his National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens, for whom he played from 1989 to 1993, and won a Stanley Cup with in 1993.
Racicot is probably most famous for his infamous nickname "Red Light", which was first used by Don Cherry in 1993, allegedly due to the high amount of goals he allowed, although he had the NHL's second-highest winning percentage that season and had a slightly worse goals against average than future-Hall of Famer Patrick Roy. While he spent most of his career playing as Roy's backup, he had a very successful career in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League and in the American Hockey League for the Canadiens' farm teams, sharing the Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award for fewest goals allowed in the AHL in 1990.
Racicot left the National Hockey League after the 1994 season. He has since then enjoyed moderate success in various senior leagues.
