Last season he beat Patrick Roy’s record for the most wins (552) and now he is tied with Terry Sawchuk for the most shutouts in NHL history (103). Obviously Marty will beat Sawchuk’s in a matter of days because the New Jersey Devils have played a defensive-low-scoring strategy since the Nineties, the half-rink trap I recall my friend Brian called it.
I know it’s something most Americans and the media could care less about, especially in light of the SCLM suddenly turning into the Tiger Woods Watch Network. Never mind the unseemly affair that led to Brodeur’s divorce in 2003, sleeping with his sister-in-law, which I figured would be sleazy enough to fill hours and hours of time on cable news.
Regardless of his personal life, Brodeur is a great goalie who has earned all his titles and all us hockey buffs will only have to remember one name when asked about wins and shutouts. I’m just glad he didn’t achieve this milestone against my failing Flyers.