Martin Brodeur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Canadian-American ice hockey player
Date of Birth: 06-May-1972
Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Profession: ice hockey player
Nationality: Canada
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
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About Martin Brodeur
- Martin Pierre Brodeur (French pronunciation: ?[ma?t?~ b??dÅ?]; born May 6, 1972) is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey goaltender and current team executive.
- He played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), 21 of them for the New Jersey Devils, with whom he won three Stanley Cup championships and five Eastern Conference championships in 17 postseason campaigns.
- He also won two Olympic gold medals with Team Canada in the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympic Games, as well as several other medals with Team Canada in other international competitions.
- Brodeur is widely regarded as one of the greatest goaltenders of all time and in 2017 was named by the league as one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players".
- He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018. Brodeur holds numerous NHL and franchise records among goaltenders; he ranks as the league's all-time regular season leader in wins (691), losses (397), shutouts (125), games played (1,266), and goals scored (3).
- He won at least 30 games in twelve straight seasons between 1995â96 and 2007â08 and is the only goalie in NHL history with eight 40-win seasons.
- He is a four-time Vezina Trophy winner, a five-time William M.
- Jennings Trophy winner, a ten-time NHL All-Star, a Calder Memorial Trophy winner, and one of only 11 NHL goaltenders to score a goal in both the regular season and the playoffs.Brodeur used a hybrid style of goaltending by standing up more than typical butterfly style goalies, though he adapted to more modern techniques at the latter stage of his career.
- He was known for his puck handling, his positional play, and his reflexes, especially with his glove hand.
- Brodeur's prowess at puck handling was so well known that it led in part to the NHL changing its rules regarding where goalies were allowed to handle the puck outside of the goal crease like a sweeper-defenseman, adding what is known as "The Brodeur Rule".
- He announced his retirement in the middle of the 2014â15 season after a brief stint with the Blues, having played in seven games with the team.
- He is the current executive vice president of business development for the Devils.
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