What a Difference

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_10828796

After a brutal start to the season, Peter Budaj was named one of the Three Stars of the Week after going 3-0 with a 94.1 saver percentage. Compare these numbers to his first three games: 0-3 with 4.37 goals against average and, best of all, a 82.4% save percentage. Maybe, just maybe, the Avs have hope.

NHL Top 5 Goalie Leaders (Week 3)

List of the Top Five in three NHL goalie categories for Week 3. Each goalie’s highlight reel is linked next to their name.

With two shutouts in the last three nights, Boston’s Tim Thomas climbs the latter and leads in save percentage and is second to Buffalo’s Ryan Miller on Goals Against Average. Heck of a week for Thomas…

Save Percentage

1. T. Thomas (BOS) – 94.3% http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8460703

2. M. Smith (TB) – 94.2% http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8469608

3. R. Miller (BUF) – 94.0% http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8468011

4. M.A. Fleury (PIT) – 93.3% http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8470594

5. C. Price (MTL) – 93.2% http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8471679

Goals Against Average

1. R. Miller (BUF) – 1.60

2. T. Thomas (BOS) – 1.77

3. H. Lundqvist (NYR) – 1.99 http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8468685

4. C. Price (MTL) – 2.06

5. M. Smith (TB) – 2.11

Wins

1. H. Lundqvist (NYR) – 7

2. N. Backstrom (MIN) – 6 http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8473404

3. E. Nabokov (SJ) – 6 http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8460705

4. R. Miller (BUF) – 5

5. M. Brodeur (NJ) – 5 http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8455710

Saves of the Week (10.27.08)

Top Ten Saves of the Week by the NHL Network. Two beauties from both Craig Anderson (Florida) and Ryan Miller (Buffalo). Six other pieces of work from Conklin, Halak, Loungo, Turco, Ellis, and Leclaire.

Can a Goalie Really Have “Cat-Like Reflexes?”

Can a goalie actually be as quick a cat? Kozlig, Ovie, and a motion-capturing system find out.

Save of the Year???

Carey Price makes a remarkable save during a preseason game against the Wings that could be better than any save made for the rest of the regular season and playoffs. This is all about the will to not be beat, something all goalies need to have regardless of their ability to duplicate a save like this one. 

Truly a great save.

Saves of the Week (10/20)

Loungo, Lehtonen, Thomas, Toskala, Bryzgalov, Osgood, Cujo, Turco, Conklin, and a beauty of a glove save from Niittymaki.

Goalie Off-Ice Warm-Up Drill Before Games

Video of a warm-up each goalie should do before they take the ice for a game to get the legs, hand, and mind ready.

Learning to Play in Net

Humorous video of learning to be a goalie with Kings goalie Jason LaBarbera

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NHL Top 5 Goalie Leaders (Week 2)

Leaders after the second week of the 2008-09 season.

Save Percentage

Smith is the only goalie from last week’s Top 5 to remain on the list and he rose from #5 to #1. 

1. M. Smith (TB) 94.3% – http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8469608

2. R. Miller (BUF) 94.3% – http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8468011

3. N. Backstrom (MIN) 94.2% – http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8473404

4. M. Brodeur (NJ) 94.2% – http://www.nhl.com/ice/player.htm?id=8455710

5. M. Garon (EDM) 94.1% – http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8464999

Goals Against Average

Marty jumps from #4 to #1 in Week Two while the rest of Week 1 Top5 are gone.

1. M. Brodeur (NJ) 1.30

2. R Miller (BUF) 1.45

3. N. Backstrom (MIN) 1.71

4. M. Smith (TB) 1.92

5. C. Price (MTL) 1.92 – http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8471679

Wins

Heck of a week for Marty…. not in the Top 5 in wins after Week 1, Marty vaults to the #1 spot with six wins. Of the three reported categories, Wins had the most goalies stay within the Top 5 from last week with three (Nabby, Backstrom, and Legace).

1. M. Brodeur (NJ) 6

2. E. Nabokov (SJ) 5 – http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8460705

3. R. Miller (BUF) 4

4. N. Backstrom (MIN) 4

5. M. Legace (STL) 4 – http://www.nhl.tv/team/console.jsp?hlp=8459308