![]() While playing with the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser, Brodeur made the QMJHL All-Rookie team in 1989–90 and the QMJHL Second All-Star Team in 1991–92. He attended a camp run by retired Soviet goaltender Vladislav Tretiak, who encouraged the use of multiple methods Brodeur believes that the concept made him "a student of the game." In the 1989–90 season, he made it to the Quebec Major Junior League. When receiving goaltending instructions in his teens, Brodeur was taught a variety of different styles, ranging from butterfly to stand-up, and paid attention to the technique of others playing the position. Following a conversation with his brother Claude, though, he decided to continue playing. When he was 12 years old, Brodeur briefly intended to stop playing hockey, after he had been removed from his team's lineup for not showing up at a game. I don't know why I decided, but I thought it would be fun to play goal. The next season my coach came up to me and said, 'Do you want to be a goalie or forward this year?' It was the biggest decision of my life, and I was seven years old. His goaltending career began when his coach asked him if he wanted to play as a backup at the position in a youth tournament. īrodeur started playing hockey as a forward. ![]() Brodeur idolized Canadiens goaltender Patrick Roy. For more than 20 years, he attended all Montreal games and practices, and when Martin was old enough, he came along. After his playing career, Denis was a longtime photographer for the Montreal Canadiens. Denis played in the 1956 Olympics for Team Canada and won a bronze medal. He is one of five children of Denis and Mireille Brodeur. He is the current executive vice president of business development for the Devils.īrodeur was born on May 6, 1972, in Montreal. Louis Blues, having played in seven games with the team. ![]() He announced his retirement in the middle of the 2014–15 season after a brief stint with the St. Brodeur's prowess at puck handling was so well known that it led in part to the NHL changing its rules regarding where goaltenders were allowed to handle the puck outside of the goal crease, adding what is known as " the Brodeur rule". He was known for his puck handling, his positional play, and his reflexes, especially with his glove hand. īrodeur used a hybrid style of goaltending by standing up more than typical butterfly style goaltenders, though he adapted to more modern techniques at the latter stage of his career. He is one of only 13 NHL goaltenders to score a goal in the regular season and only the second to do so in the playoffs his three goals are the most of any NHL goaltender. Jennings Trophy winner, a ten-time NHL All-Star, and a Calder Memorial Trophy winner. He is a four-time Vezina Trophy winner, a five-time William M. He won at least 30 games in twelve straight seasons between 1995––08 and is the only goaltender in NHL history with eight 40-win seasons. īrodeur holds numerous NHL and franchise records among goaltenders he ranks as the league's all-time regular season leader in wins (691), losses (397), shutouts (125), and games played (1,266). In 2017, he was named by the league as one of the " 100 Greatest NHL Players", and the following year, he was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Brodeur is widely regarded as one of the greatest goaltenders of all time. He also won two Olympic gold medals with Team Canada in the 20 Winter Olympic Games, as well as several other medals with Team Canada in other international competitions. He played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), 21 of them for the New Jersey Devils, with whom he won three Stanley Cup championships and five Eastern Conference championships in 17 postseason campaigns. Martin Pierre Brodeur ( French pronunciation: born May 6, 1972) is a Canadian–American former professional ice hockey goaltender and current team executive. Brodeur with the New Jersey Devils in 2009
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