Martin Brodeur

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Martin Brodeur was born in Montreal Canada and is a goaltender in the N.H.L. He plays for the New Jersey Devils and also plays for team Canada. He also has played in the Salt Lake City Olympics. He has won lots of trophies and medals such as the Stanley Cup three times and the World Cup and the Vezina Trophy three times and twice in a row. This is some info on the Vezina. The Vezina Trophy is an annual award given to the goalkeeper judged to be the best at this position as voted by the general managers of all NHL clubs. Leo Dandurand, Louis Letourneau, and Joe Cattarinich, former owners of the Montreal Canadiens, presented the trophy to the National Hockey League in 1926-27 in memory of Georges Vezina, outstanding goalkeeper of the Canadiens, who collapsed during an NHL game Nov. 28, 1925, and died of tuberculosis a few months later. Until the 1981-82 season, the goalkeeper(s) of the team allowing the fewest number of goals during the regular season were awarded the Vezina Trophy.

Brodeur nabbed his fifth career nomination as a Vezina finalist and captured the award for the first time last year. He won his fourth William Jennings Trophy (goaltender on the club allowing the fewest goals, 164). He Led all goaltenders in victories (38) and shutouts (11); and was fourth in goals-against average (2.03) He Notched his NHL-record ninth consecutive 30-victory campaign. He was drafted in the first round, 20th overall in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils, for whom he has played since 1992. Brodeur has won three Stanley Cups (1995, 2000, 2003). He recently signed a contract extension with the Devils that will pay him $31.2 million over six years. In 1994, he won the Calder Trophy (rookie of the year). Brodeur won the Jennings Trophy (fewest goals allowed) in 1997 (shared with Mike Dunham), 1998, 2003, and 2004. In both 2003 and 2004 he won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goaltender. In the 2002 Olympics, Brodeur won an Olympic gold for Canada, playing every game but the tournament opener against Sweden, and backstopped the Canadian team to the World Cup of Hockey championship in 2004. He was selected to Team Canada for the 2006 Olympics. He was selected to Team Canada for the 1998 Winter Olympics, but did not play. Brodeur has been named to the NHL all-star game 8 times.

In the 2002 Olympics, Brodeur won an Olympic gold for Canada, playing every game but the tournament opener against Sweden. In case he needed any additional qualifications on his hockey resume, he also backstopped the Canadian team to the World Cup of Hockey championship in 2004. He was also part of Team Canada at the 1998 Winter Olympics, but did not play. Brodeur currently holds the best career goals against average during the NHL's modern era. He also holds the record for most shutouts in a playoff year with 7, set in 2003. Brodeur once scored a goal in the NHL playoffs and was credited with one in regular season play. Also being a notable statistic are Brodeur's two career NHL goals. His first goal, and only fifth by a goaltender in NHL history, was scored against his hometown Montreal Canadiens in the first game of the first round of the playoffs in 1997. Brodeur was not only credited with the goal, but took the shot as well.

"His second goal came in the regular season against the Philadelphia Flyers, where he did not shoot, but was credited as the last New Jersey Devils player to touch the puck. The goal was the game winner, making Brodeur the only goaltender in NHL history to score a game-winning goal."

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Martin Brodeur is my hero because he is a great goalie and plays in the N.H.L. and plays for team Canada. But beyond that, he is a very strong and nice person. He is by far my favorite hero.