David Cacciola , NM Scorpions , 2006-07
There isn't a player who gets more glory or grief than a Ice Hockey Goalie.
"Goaltending is a suffering position. Your equipment protects you from injury, but not from pain, every time you go out there. And if you allow a goal, the red lights go on for everyone to see. But you get to be a hero too." - Kevin Constantine
"Any discussion on hockey goaltenders must begin with the assumption that they are about three sandwiches shy of a picnic. I can prove this. From the moment Primitive Man first lurched erect, he and those who came after him survived on the principle that when something hard and potentially painful comes at you at great velocity, you get the hell out of its path. Goalkeepers throw themselves into its path. I rest my case." - Jim Taylor, columnist
"Only a goalie can appreciate what a goalie goes through" - Jaques Plante, goalie
Inducted in the Hall of Fame 1978.
"Goaltender is a normal job. Sure. How would you like it if at your job, every time you made the slightest mistake a little red light went on over your head and 18,000 people stood up and screamed at you?" - Jaques Plante, goalie
"There is no position in sport as noble as goaltending" - Vladislav Tretiak, Russian goaltender
Inducted in the Hall of Fame 1989.
A couple of my favorites : "Patrick Roy. If there's anybody worth a million bucks it Patrick" Don Cherry 1989.
Bumper sickers in Philadelphia : "Only God saves more than Parent" Bernie Parent inducted in the Hall of Fame 1984.
Goalies :Catches bullets with his teeth and eats em ,Freezes water with a single glance (who needs a Zamboni ! )
He is Hockey God!
I regret that I never got to see Partick play hockey. The people I have talked to about hockey either seem to love ot hate him.
From his stats there is no doubt that he was a good tender.
In 2001-02 he had 9 shutouts while playing 63 game with 32 wins.
Patrick Roy had 14 seasons of 30 + wins in 19 NHL seasons.
2000-01 he had 40 wins while playing 62 games. Amazing.
Patrick Roy was inducted in Hall of Fame in 2006.
Patrick won 4 Stanley cups. He won the Stanley Cup in 1985-86 , 1982-83 ,1995-96 & 2000-01
He won the Conn Smythe Trophy (Playoff MVP) 1985-86, 1992-93 , 2000-01
He won the Vezina Trophy (Goaltender of the Year) 1988-89 , 1989-90 1991-92
Patrick also won the William M. Jennings Trophy ( Lowest Goals Aagainst ) 5 years.
Martin Brodeur's play is in the league as Patrick Roy.
2006-07 season GP 78 W 48 L 23 OTL 7 4696 : SO 12 GA 171 SHA 2182 GAA 2.18 SV% .922
Martin won the Vezina Trophy ( Goaltender of the year.) in 2002-03 , 2003-04
Martin won the Stanley Cup 3 times. 1994-95 , 1999-00 & 2002-03.
He won the William M. Jennings Trophy (Lowest Goals Against ) 4 years
There are a few up & coming Goalies in the NHL. Cam Ward is one of them. He plays for the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL.
He won many awards in the CHL & WHL.
His first season in the NHL 2005-06 he won the Stanley Cup & Conn Smythe Throphy.
Last season he played 60 games with 30 wins. Not a Stanley Cup season. But he is young & might very well turn things
around. It makes hockey worth watching to see how he will do.
Another is Ryan Miller he plays for the Buffalo Sabers. In 2005-06 he was one game away from taking the Sabers to play for The Stanley Cup. Last year he played 48 games & had 30 wins. Another new up & coming Tender that has the potential to
keep the NHL interesting.
A quote from Patrick Roy - A goalie has to show he's confident to his teammates, as well as himself, You are the last guy before that special red line. You have to make yourself confident. You make yourself hard to beat."
Jim Craig : "It was tough to get better when you had so many telling you that you were better than you really were."
1980 Olympic team Goalie.
Martin Brodeur : "It's real important to work hard and you either have skill or you don't, but you have to refine your skills by working hard. For me, I have a lot of skill, but anybody that's played with me will tell you what makes me different from other people is the work ethic. I don't care how skilled you are, if you don't have the work ethic and put in the time to develop your talent and technique, you'll never make it. It's important. All the best goalies I've come across at All-Star Games and the Olympics, we have one thing in common and it's that we really care about what we do."
"You don't really know a player until you have to live with him, day in and day out," Devils coach Pat Burns said of his goaltender, Martin Brodeur. "He loves this game. He loves playing and practicing -- and he hates to give up a goal, even in practice.
The Boys in Net are the last man to stop the opponets form scoring. They rarely recieve a lot of camera time in NHL games.
But with out their nerves of steel there would be games with scores like pinball machines.
