Martin Brodeur

Martin Pierre Brodeur ( born May 6, 1972 in Montreal, Quebec ) is an American- Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who plays for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League since 1992.

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Career

Martin Brodeur played from 1988 to 1989 at the Montreal Bourassa in the QAAA. His father is the former goalkeeper Denis Brodeur. In 1989, Brodeur to the ice hockey team of the Saint- Hyacinthe Laser in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

He was engaged in the NHL Entry Draft in 1990 in the first round in 20th place by the New Jersey Devils and plays since then for the Devils. In the 1991/92 season Brodeur denied then his first NHL game for the Devils.

1992/93 he played a year in the AHL Utica before he in 1993/94 completely changed to the Devils.

In his move from the minor league to the pros in New Jersey he pushed Chris Terreri from the position of the root goalkeeper and led New Jersey as a rookie in the playoffs, where he could be stopped only in the Conference finals by eventual Stanley Cup champion New York Rangers. 1995, in his second season, he led the Devils to their first Stanley Cup. In 2000 and 2003 he was again Stanley Cup winner. Since joining the NHL Martin Brodeur has in six seasons 40 or more victories achieved ( the next best goalkeepers have a maximum of three 40 victory seasons achieved ) in ten consecutive seasons over 30 wins, a record that no other goalkeeper in the NHL ever has been reached. Brodeur is also the goalkeeper, who can boast the most uninterrupted play-off inserts at all. In the all-time list of the NHL, it ranks (end of season 2009/10) with 602 victories at number one in the playoffs with 99 wins second place in the leaderboard.

In January 2006, the Devils extended its contract with Brodeur ahead to 2011. During summer 2012, he signed another two-year contract with the Devils.

Brodeur celebrated on 1 April 2007 his 46th win of the season against the Boston Bruins. He screwed his personal record to 46 wins per season ( earlier it was 43 wins). On April 5, he sat finally with the 48th win of the season, a new NHL record for wins in the regular season (before Bernie Parent, 47 wins, in 1973/74 ) to give the Vezina Trophy which he won for the third time as the best goalkeeper.

Brodeur had been nominated a total for the ninth time Vezina Trophy as the best goalkeeper for the 2008 NHL. Four times (2003, 2004, 2007 and 2008) he was able to win the trophy. During the 2009/10 season, he broke the shutout record of Terry Sawchuk, who finished 103 games in the NHL without conceding a goal during his active career, and continued until the end of the season with 110 career shutouts set a new record.

Before each game, Brodeur kisses the back of his mask where the initial letters of the names of his four children are.

Internationally

Brodeur has played twice for Canada at the World Ice Hockey Championship, 1996 and 2005. Represented also twice Brodeur his country at the World Cup of Hockey, 1996 and 2004.

At the Olympics, Brodeur was four times running, in 1998 as the third goalkeeper, he won in 2002 as the first goalkeeper gold. In 2006 he again played the first goalkeeper, but different with the Canadians in the quarterfinals of. In 2010 he was Olympic champion as second 'keeper to beat.

Awards and achievements

2003 NHL All-Star Game
2003 NHL First All -Star Team
2003 William M. Jennings Trophy (together with Roman Cechmanek and Robert Esche )
2003 Vezina Trophy
2003 Stanley Cup win with the New Jersey Devils
2003 NHL Defensive Player of the Month for November
2004 NHL All-Star Game
2004 NHL First All -Star Team
2004 William M. Jennings Trophy
2004 Vezina Trophy
2006 NHL Defensive Player of the Month January
2006 NHL Second All-Star Team
2007 NHL All-Star Game
2007 NHL First All -Star Team
2007 Vezina Trophy
2008 NHL All-Star Game ( injury-related cancellation )
2008 NHL Second All-Star Team
2008 Vezina Trophy
2010 William M. Jennings Trophy

Internationally

2004 Best fishing quota in the World Cup of Hockey
2004 Best Gegentorschnitt at the World Cup of Hockey (together with Rick DiPietro )
2005 Silver medal at the World Championships
2010 Gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Remarkably

Brodeur has three goals to his credit. The first goal he scored into an empty net the Canadiens de Montréal in a play-off game in the season 1996 / 97th The second goal was it well written in a Regular Season game 1999/2000, when met Simon Gagne of the Philadelphia Flyers into his own net and Brodeur was the last player the Devils, who had touched the puck. The third hit was it well written in a regular season game on March 21, 2013, as a player of the Carolina Hurricanes with a back pass came into his own goal.
As only the second goalkeeper in the NHL history Brodeur reached on 17 November 2007 with a 6-2 triumph over the Philadelphia Flyers, the mark of 500 victories.
Brodeur is since the season 2007/ 08 the goalkeeper with most seasons with over 40 wins ( 7).
Since March 17, 2009 Martin Brodeur holds the record for the most won NHL games a goalkeeper.
On 19 December 2009, he continued with his 1030. Match in the regular season set a new record, breaking the previous record of Patrick Roy.
On 21 December 2009 he made the 104th shutout of his career and is now the sole record holder ( 4-0 win against the Pittsburgh Penguins ).
On April 19, 2012, he sat in the 4-0 against the Florida Panthers with his 24th playoff shutout a new record for the playoffs.

Career Stats

( Key to the goalkeeper stats: GP or Sp = Total Games; W or W = Wins, L = Losses, or N, T or D = Draw or shootout defeat, min = minutes; SOG or ZAT = Shots on goal, GA or GT = Goals against; SO = shutouts, GAA or GTS = Gegentorschnitt; Sv % or SVS % = quota, EN = Empty Net Goal; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )

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