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Ken Dryden , who was on the call for the "Miracle on Ice" following a Hall of Fame playing career, has died at the age of 78 after battling cancer.

Dryden won six Stanley Cups in a short eight-year career, all with the Montreal Canadiens . He is the NHL's all-time leader in adjusted goals-against average (2.03) and goals-allowed percentage (73).

He won the Vezina Trophy, given to the top goaltender in the league, five times. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

"Ken Dryden was an exceptional athlete, but he was also an exceptional man," Canadiens owner Geoff Molson said. "Behind the mask he was larger than life. We mourn today not only the loss of the cornerstone of one of hockey

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