Jonathan Douglas Quick (born January 21, 1986) is an American former professional ice hockey player. Playing as a goaltender, Quick was selected in the third round, 72nd overall, by the Los Angeles Kings at the 2005 NHL entry draft and spent most of his career with the franchise. He later played for the Vegas Golden Knights and the New York Rangers.
Quick is a two-time Vezina Trophy nominee and William M. Jennings Trophy winner and was a silver medalist with the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Quick is a three-time Stanley Cup champion, having won with the Kings in 2012 and 2014 and the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023. Quick's Conn Smythe Trophy-winning run in the 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs has been described as the best statistical playoff run ever. In March 2024, Quick became the winningest American-born goaltender in NHL history, surpassing Ryan Miller. In February 2025, Quick became the first American-born goaltender to win 400 games.
Quick played youth hockey for the Connecticut Yankees 1986 selects. He was teammates with Matt Lashoff, Rob Schremp, Bill Keenan, and Sean Backman.
Quick played in the 2000 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the New York Rangers minor ice hockey team. He later played for the Mid Fairfield youth hockey association out of Darien Ice Rink. He carried his team to win a national championship and he was single time during his midget major year. His team also featured forwards Sean Backman, John Mori and Augie DiMarzo, Joey Sides, Joe DeBello, Chris Davis and Cam Atkinson, all of whom went on to play professional hockey.
Quick played at Hamden High School in Hamden, Connecticut, before transferring to Avon Old Farms, where he was named to the 2002 New Haven Register All-Area Ice Hockey Team. Quick's number 32 Kings jersey is displayed in the Lou Astorino Ice Arena of Hamden. He led Avon Old Farms to two-straight New England Prep Championships in his junior and senior seasons. He had nine shutouts during his senior year.
Quick played collegiate hockey for the University of Massachusetts Amherst out of Hockey East (HE). As a freshman, he earned his first victory by a score of 4–2 on October 15, 2005, in his first start against Clarkson University. He also appeared in one playoff game as a freshman, which the Minutemen lost 4–1 to Boston University. Quick scored his first goal January 6, 2007, against Merrimack College. In the 4–2 win, the unassisted goal came during a delayed penalty into an empty net at 9:31 of the second period; it was the game-winning goal. While playing for the Minutemen, he led the team to their first-ever NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship appearance. In his first NCAA Tournament game, Quick shut-out Clarkson University, stopping all 33 shots he faced, in a 1–0 overtime victory. He appeared in five playoff games and posted a .944 save percentage.
After losing in his first professional start, with the ECHL's Reading Royals, Quick made a statistically unlikely goal during a shutout in his second start, scoring an empty-net goal against the Pensacola Ice Pilots on October 27, 2007, at 19:25 in the third period.
Quick played his first NHL game on December 6, 2007, against the Buffalo Sabres in an 8–2 win.
He began the 2008–09 season with the Los Angeles Kings' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Manchester Monarchs, sharing time with Jonathan Bernier. He was called up to the Kings on December 16, 2008, after goaltender Erik Ersberg suffered a groin injury. He earned his first NHL shutout on December 23, defeating the Columbus Blue Jackets. He also received the NHL's Third Star of the Week honor for the week ending December 28. In three games, Quick posted a 2–1–0 record, with both victories coming via shutout, posting a 0.67 goals against average (GAA) and a .958 save percentage.
On February 9, 2009, he was awarded the First Star of the Week by the NHL after stopping 95 of 100 shots in a three-game road win streak, which launched the Kings back into the 2009 playoff picture. He finished the season with a 21–18–2 record, with a 2.48 GAA and .914 save percentage.
He earned his first Stanley Cup playoffs shutout on April 16, 2011, against the San Jose Sharks, stopping all 34 shots for a 4–0 shutout win.
On April 25, 2012, after the end of the 2011–12 season, Quick was nominated as a Vezina Trophy finalist, along with Henrik Lundqvist and Pekka Rinne, the former of which ultimately won the award. Quick was also named a 2011–12 NHL second team All-Star. He led the League with 10 shutouts (a Kings franchise record), had the NHL's second-lowest GAA (1.95) and posted a 35–21–13 final record. Quick gained much attention during the 2012 playoffs, as the eighth-seeded Kings defeated the back-to-back Presidents' Trophy-winning Vancouver Canucks in five games, followed by the Kings' first-ever four-game playoff series sweep, which came against the second-seeded St. Louis Blues.
On May 30, 2012, Quick set a new Stanley Cup playoff record after winning his 11th consecutive road game dating back to the 2011 postseason, surpassing the old mark of ten set by Billy Smith of the New York Islanders, and continued adding to the record. The streak ran from April 16, 2011, against San Jose to June 2, 2012, against the New Jersey Devils (12 games). Los Angeles qualified for the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in its 45-year history, and first time since the 1993 playoffs. The Kings ended their 19-year drought and made it to the 2012 Stanley Cup Final after defeating the third-seeded Phoenix Coyotes in the conference finals. Quick was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy following the Kings' first Stanley Cup victory over the New Jersey Devils, 6–1, taking the series four games to two. Quick posted a 16–4 record with a 1.41 GAA, a .946 save percentage and three shutouts along the way.
On June 28, 2012, Quick signed a ten-year contract extension that would last until the end of the 2022–23 season. In November 2012, with the NHL in an ongoing lockout, Quick joined the AHL's Manchester Monarchs to continue rehabilitation from an off-season back surgery.
Quick won his second Stanley Cup on June 13, 2014, after the Kings defeated the New York Rangers. He had two playoff shutouts, including one in game three of the 2014 Stanley Cup Final against the New York Rangers, while also posting a save percentage of .911. Following the 2013–14 season, Quick was awarded the William M. Jennings Trophy, which is presented annually "to the goalkeeper(s) having played a minimum of 25 games for the team with the fewest goals scored against it." Because Ben Scrivens and Martin Jones had not played the required number of games to qualify as co-recipients of the honor, Quick was named the sole winner of the trophy. Over the course of the season, Quick had compiled a 27–17–4 record with a 2.07 GAA, .915 save percentage and six shutouts in 49 appearances.
On October 16, 2014, Quick posted 43 saves on all 43 shots he faced in a 1–0 shootout victory over the St. Louis Blues. It was Quick's largest save percentage in a shootout win to date. On October 23, Quick surpassed Rogie Vachon as the Kings' all-time leader in shutouts by earning his 33rd after a 2–0 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. In the 2014–15 season, Quick would go on to play 72 games, starting 71 of them. Quick would finish with a record of 36–22–13, with a GAA of 2.24 and a save percentage of .918 and six shutouts. The defending Stanley Cup champion Kings would go on to miss the playoffs, losing the last playoff spot to the Calgary Flames by just two points.
Quick was in goal as the Kings shut out the Chicago Blackhawks 5–0 on March 14, 2016, making Quick the all-time leader in shutouts of American-born goaltenders. On April 27, Quick was nominated for the Vezina Trophy, awarded to the league's best goaltender, for the second time which ultimately went to Washington Capitals goaltender Braden Holtby.
During the 2016–17 season, Quick suffered a lower-body injury in the season's first game on October 12, 2016, against the San Jose Sharks. He chose to not undergo surgery. Quick was out for four and a half months (59 games in all) and returned with the team on February 25, 2017, in a 4–1 victory over the Anaheim Ducks.