Martin Brodeur

Martin Brodeur is considered among the best goaltenders in National Hockey League history and one of the best players of all time. He played 22 years in the National Hockey League, 21 of those with New Jersey. He anchored all three of the Devils’ Stanley Cup Championships, leading them to the top of the league in 1995, 2000, and 2003. He backstopped the team to five Eastern Conference titles, and a total of 17 playoff appearances. In 205 career playoff games, Brodeur went 113-91 with a 2.02 GAA and .919 save percentage and posted 24 shutouts. Brodeur’s name is etched throughout the NHL’s record books and he sits atop numerous categories, including: regular season wins (691), single season wins (48, ’06-‘07), overtime wins (69), games played (1,266), games played with a single team (1,260), regular season shutouts (125), playoff shutouts (24), minutes played (74,083), 40-win seasons (8), 30-win seasons (13), shutouts in a playoff campaign (7 in 2003) and shutouts in a Stanley Cup final (tie: 3, in 2003). He is the youngest goalie to reach 300, 400, and 500 career wins, and is the only goalie to reach 600 career wins. During his Devils career, Brodeur was named to the 1994 All-Rookie Team and won the Calder Memorial Trophy for the League’s top first year player; he won the Vezina Trophy as the League’s top goaltender four times; he was awarded the William M. Jennings Trophy for fewest team goals against five times; and was named to the NHL’s First All-Star Team twice and Second All-Star Team four times, appearing in a total of 10 NHL All-Star Games. Brodeur’s legendary career began at the 1990 NHL Entry Draft when the Devils selected him with the 20th overall pick.

Internationally, Brodeur competed for Team Canada in three Olympic Winter Games, winning Gold in 2002 and 2010. In the IIHF World Championships, Brodeur led Team Canada to Silver in 1996 and 2005, while leading his countrymen to the championship title in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey. Brodeur retired from professional hockey on January 29, 2015, after a six-game tenure with the St. Louis Blues.

His No. 30 was retired by New Jersey on February 9, 2016, and he is honored with his statue outside of Prudential Center in Newark. He was named to the NHL’s list of 100 Greatest Players in 2017 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on November 12, 2018.