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Joe Sakic (born July 7, 1969 in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a Canadian professional ice hockey center who has played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise. In his 18-year tenure, Sakic has won two Stanley Cups, various NHL trophies and has been voted into 13 NHL All-Star Games. He is regarded as one of the strongest team leaders to ever play in the league, and has been able to motivate his team throughout his entire career to play at a winning level. Over the course of his career, Sakic has been one of the most productive forwards in the game, having twice scored fifty goals and earning at least 100 points in six different seasons. His wrist shot, considered to be one of the best in the NHL, has been the source of much of his production.(read more...)
Wayne Gretzky is a former professional ice hockey player and is currently part-owner and head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. Nicknamed "The Great One", he is regarded as the best player of his era and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by sportswriters, coaches, and fans. Along with his many awards and achievements, he is the only player to ever have his playing number, 99, officially retired across the entire National Hockey League. Gretzky set 40 regular season records, 15 playoff records, 6 All-Star records, and won four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers. He won more MVP awards (9) and scoring titles (10) than any player in NHL history. He was the only player to total over 200 points in a season, accomplishing the feat 4 times. He retired from playing in 1999, becoming Executive Director for the Canadian national men's hockey team during the 2002 Winter Olympics. He became part-owner of the Phoenix Coyotes in 2000, and their head coach following the 2004-05 NHL lockout.(read more...)
Martin Brodeur (born May 6, 1972, in Montreal, Quebec) is a professional ice hockey goaltender who has played his entire National Hockey League career with the New Jersey Devils. In his 13-year tenure, he has led the team to three Stanley Cup championships and has taken them to the playoffs all but once. He holds more than thirty Devils franchise records, and assuming he remains healthy to play at least two more seasons, he is on pace to surpass Patrick Roy's career records for wins, games played and minutes played, as well as Terry Sawchuk's record for career shutouts, and Patrick Roy's record for career playoff shutouts. Brodeur has been among the NHL's most consistent goaltenders over the past decade, winning at least 35 games each of the last ten seasons as well as being the only goalie in NHL history with six 40-win seasons. He is a three-time Vezina Trophy winner, a four-time Jennings Trophy winner, a nine-time NHL All Star, and one of only two NHL goaltenders to have scored goals in the regular season and the playoffs.(read more...)
Dominik Hašek (born January 29, 1965) is a professional ice hockey goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. In his 15-season NHL career, he has also played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Buffalo Sabres, and the Ottawa Senators. During his years in Buffalo, he became one of the league's finest goaltenders, earning him the nickname "The Dominator." His strong play has been credited with establishing European goaltenders in a league widely dominated by North Americans. Hašek is considered an unorthodox goaltender, with a distinct style that has labeled him a "flopper." He is best known for his concentration, foot speed, flexibility, and unconventional saves, such as covering the puck with his blocker rather than his trapper. His puckhandling is considered to be his biggest weakness. During the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, he led the Czech national ice hockey team to its first and only Olympic gold medal.(read more...)
Ray Emery (born September 28, 1982 in Hamilton, Ontario) is an ice hockey goaltender, currently playing for the Ottawa Senators of the NHL. He has been awarded multiple honours, with the majority while playing in numerous minor leagues. Emery is recognized for getting into numerous on-ice altercations, a rarity for an ice hockey goaltender.Emery has been involved in one such incident in the NHL, against two Buffalo players, Martin Biron and Andrew Peters in a line brawl during the 2006-07 NHL season. Emery has played in numerous leagues, including the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), American Hockey League (AHL) and the National Hockey League (NHL). He was chosen 99th overall in the 2001 NHL entry draft. He spent three seasons in the AHL. During the 2006–07 season, Emery was the starting goaltender for the Ottawa Senators in their run to the Stanley Cup finals.(read more...)
Curtis Joseph (born April 29, 1967 in Keswick, Ontario, Canada, as Curtis Munroe), is a professional ice hockey goaltender, currently serving as backup goalie for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League. Joseph is immediately recognizable on the ice for his masks featuring a snarling dog, drawing inspiration from the Stephen King novel Cujo, which also happened to be his nickname, derived from the first two letters of his first and last names. Throughout his NHL career; Joseph played for a number of franchises, rising to prominence during some epic playoff series with the Edmonton Oilers, and later with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was also a member of Canada's gold medal winning team at the 2002 Winter Olympics.(read more...)
Eric Brewer (born April 17, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently serving as captain for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League. Drafted in the 1st round, 5th overall by the New York Islanders in the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, Brewer has spent portions of his 8-year NHL career with the Islanders, the Edmonton Oilers, and the Blues. He has also suited up for the Prince George Cougars of the Western Hockey League and the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Hockey League. In February 1999, Brewer was named to the Prince George Cougars' all-time team in a Canadian Hockey League promotion. Brewer is a member of the BC Sports Hall of Fame, having been inducted along with his fellow British Columbians from the 2002 Canadian Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team in 2003.(read more...)
Paul Stastny (born December 27, 1985 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian-American professional ice hockey center of Slovak descent who plays for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Stastny began his junior career with the River City Lancers of the United States Hockey League before moving to the University of Denver Pioneers in 2004. He stayed there for two seasons, winning the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship in the first. He signed a contract with the Avalanche before the 2006–07 NHL season, scored 78 points in 82 games in his rookie season and was nominated for the Calder Memorial Trophy. In 2007–08 he was named to his first NHL All-Star Game, but did not play because of an appendicectomy. Stastny is the son of Hockey Hall of Famer Peter Stastny, who played for the Avalanche franchise when it was still the Quebec Nordiques.(read more...)
Gilbert Perreault (born November 13, 1950, in Victoriaville, Quebec) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey center who played for seventeen seasons with the Buffalo Sabres of the NHL. Known for his ability to stickhandle in close quarters, he was regarded as one of the most gifted and skillful playmaking centers ever to play the game. He is the original Buffalo Sabre because he was drafted first by the team in their inaugural season in the NHL. He is well known as the centerman for the prolific trio of Sabres forwards known as The French Connection. Over the course of his 17 season career he accumulated 512 goals and 814 assists in 1191 games. Among his career highlights was the game winning goal in overtime of the 1978 National Hockey League All-Star Game played at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. Perreault once totaled seven points in a single game which remains a Sabres record. He also recorded the first power play goal and the first hat trick in the team's history. He is the only Buffalo Sabre to wear number 11, with the number being retired in his honor.(read more...)
Jacques Plante (born January 17, 1929 in Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Quebec; died February 27, 1986 in Sierre, Switzerland) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1953 to 1963, winning the Stanley Cup six times, of which five were all in a row. He first retired in 1965, yet he returned to play for the expansion St. Louis Blues in 1968. He was later traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1970, and to the Boston Bruins in 1973. He joined the World Hockey Association first as a coach and general manager for the Quebec Nordiques, then goaltender for the Edmonton Oilers. He finally retired from playing in 1975. Plante is considered one of the most important innovators in hockey. His most recognizable contribution is the goalie mask; he was not the first one to use it in a regular National Hockey League (NHL) game, as Clint Benedict use a crude leather one in 1929, but he was the first to use it on a regular basis. Plante was the first goaltender to regularly play the puck outside of his crease, thus aiding his defencemen. He also popularized the notion of goaltenders instructing his players from behind, as the goaltender usually has the best view of the game. Plante was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1978. He died in Geneva, on February 27, 1986, after succumbing to a heart attack; he was already dying of stomach cancer. He was buried in Sierre.(read more...)
