Greatest saves from hockey goalies

In Game 6 of the conference semifinals inMontreal Canadiens goalie Jose Theodore made this spinning desperation save on Bill Guerin of the Boston Bruins with the back of his glove. This one's always had a bit of controversy to it, as some claim Theodore threw his stick on the play. But as the overhead shot from TSN shows, as it named the save the No.

Quibble if you will, but we think it's kosher. We'll let our own Ryan Lambert explain:. In the dying moments ofroughly three hours before the ball dropped in Times Square, the United States and Canada were playing in a rollicking back-and-forth game in the group stages of the World Junior Championships in Ottawa, and Dustin Tokarski made the unequivocal save of the year.

With the Canadians upUSA forward Colin Wilson noteswho has three goals and three assists in three WJC games to go with the line he's amassed in 16 games so far this year at BU, picked up a loose puck in the middle of the slot and had Canada's Dustin Tokarski dead to rights. At the point, we'll just mention again that Pierre McGuire was born in New Jersey, sigh deeply, and leave it at that.

Sebastien Caron notes has his Frank Pietrangelo moment This Caron save against the Philadelphia Flyers in Oct. Oh, and he also preserved a tie late in regulationtoo. Ryan Miller notes defends 3-on-1, robs Paul Mara notes There's so much going on with Buffalo Sabres goalie Ryan Miller here besides the incredible stick save at the end.

Look at his positioning on the 2-on-1 break, as he doesn't over-commit on the initial pass in order to get back to defend Marc Savard notes. The only option for the Boston Bruins center is to dish to Paul Mara streaking down the slot, and that's when Miller makes the instinctual lunge with his stick across the empty net to for some absolute grand larceny.

Granted, Marty Biron of the Buffalo Sabres put himself in a bad spot by venturing out of the net and then having to dive head-long with his stick to stop a sure-thing Andy Delmore notes goal. Save Percentage Hockey Calculator. Bet Now! Why is Save Percentage considered an important statistic in hockey? Does a higher Save Percentage always indicate a better goaltender?

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Like Dryden, this is mainly about being so dominant over a short period of time that it's almost impossible not to put him among the all-time greats. He was at his best in the mids when he backstopped the Flyers to a pair of Stanley Cups. During those two years, Parent may have put together one of the best two-year runs of any goalie in league history, winning back-to-back Vezina's, back-to-back Conn Smythe's, finishing in the top five in Hart Trophy voting each year and recording 30 shutouts between the regular season 24 and playoffs six.

Hall was another game-changer in that he was the first goalie to really popularize the "butterfly" style of goalkeeping in the NHL. He was also a dominant, durable and consistent performer who regularly led the league in games played and was a mainstay in the top five of the Hart Trophy voting nearly every year. It forever changed hockey history not only because of what it did to the landscape of the league but also because of the impact it had on player movement and championships.

And Patrick Roy is right at the center of that. If the Nordiques had stayed in Quebec, there is no way — NO WAY — the Canadiens trade him to their provincial rival in the mid s when he forced his way out of Montreal. They would have traded him, for sure, but it would have been elsewhere in the league. Without Roy, the Avalanche never win their first Stanley Cup and maybe somebody else, with an all-time great goalie, goes on a run of championships.

Jacques Plante helped revolutionize the game by making the goalie mask popular, but he was more than just a pioneer. He was also a titan of the game and one of the most dominant goalies to ever play the sport, winning six Vezina Trophies and six Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens. Ken Dryden played only eight years in the NHL but, wow, did he make the most of them.

This is an example of dominance over a short period being worth more than pretty good for a long time. In those eight years, Dryden won a Conn Smythe Trophy, the Calder Trophy, five Vezina Trophies, led the league in save percentage three times and, oh by the way, was a six-time Stanley Cup champion. Forget just talking about goalies.

Dominik Hasek is one of the most dominant players in NHL history regardless of position. His run with the Buffalo Sabres from was one of the most absurd stretches in NHL history as he led the league in save percentage in six consecutive seasons, won five Vezina Trophies, and single-handedly carried an otherwise mediocre Sabres team to within two wins of a Stanley Cup.

His career has everything you want in an all-time great: an incredible highlight reel, team success, individual dominance and every piece of hardware a player at his position could have possibly won. On the list of best all-time goalies, he is at the top every single time. Adam Gretz is a freelance writer based in Pittsburgh. Baseball is his favorite sport -- he is nearly halfway through his goal of seeing a game in every MLB ballpark.

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