Martin Brodeur, whose photo has been adorned for many yearscovers of the best hockey editions and sports simulators, completed his glorious career in St. Louis in the course of the 2013/2014 season. All his major achievements are connected with the club "New Jersey Devils" and the national team of Canada, where he became not only the author of numerous records, but also a real legend, an icon for his fans.
Perhaps Martin Brodeur was doomed toto become a hockey player. Firstly, he was born in the hockey city of the world - the Canadian Montreal, which in the 60-70's. XX century stamped Stanley Cups one by one. This landmark event occurred on May 6, 1972, when the entire Maple Leaf Country was living in anticipation of the upcoming superbit with amateurs from the Soviet Union.
Second, his father, Denis Brodeau, was prettyknown hockey player. True, most of his career was in the lower leagues, but he had his own personal occasion for pride - a bronze medal received in the national team for performances at the 1956 Olympics.
Мартин Бродо был примерным сыном, а вот о его family life can not be said. With his first wife - Melanie Dubois, who bore him three charming heroes and a beautiful princess - he divorced after eight years of marriage. At the same time, the scandal could not be avoided: Melanie filed for divorce after she learned that her husband was cheating on her with her brother's wife. The second marriage - with Genevieve Nol - proved to be more robust: having married in 2008, the couple are in a happy union until now.
All sons from the first marriage went on the path of the father. At the same time, two of them - Anthony and Jeremy - chose a role for the goalkeeper, but William decided to change the family tradition and became an attacker.
All your main prizes at the club level"Iron Martin" won in the "New Jersey Devils", although, like any Montreal resident, he dreamed of playing in the local superclub since childhood. However, in the 1990 draft in the first round, he was chosen by a club from the suburbs of New York, which Brodo probably did not regret at the time.
His first match in the red-blackthe thirtieth issue of the "devils" held March 22, 1992 against the "bears" from Boston. Ahead of it was another 21 season in the club and 1259 matches with a fantastic average percentage of reflected shots - 91.2. Martin Brodeau was an adherent to the traditional North American goalkeeper technique Stand up, which is characterized by a rigid vertical stand and excellent possession of the stick.
From the club achievements of Martin follows in the firstqueue to note three Stanley Cups and four "Vesiny" as the best goalkeeper of the championship. Of the three champion rings, the most valuable is, of course, the first, produced according to the results of the 1994/1995 season. Then the "devils" showed overclosed hockey, the main pillars of which were Martin Brodeur and captain Scott Stevens. The most difficult series was the semi-final standoff with the Philadelphia Flyers, led by Eric Lindros. It was the victory over her that opened the way for the team to the coveted trophy.
In addition to four cups, the best goalkeeper, MartinBrodeau can boast a "Best Newcomer of 1994" prize, as well as current records for the number of dry matches in the regular season and in the playoffs. Over the course of twelve seasons, the goalkeeper scored thirty or more wins, showing in each of them a percentage of the impenetrability over 90%. A nine-time participant in the Star Matches, he is the record holder for the number of games played on the hockey field - 1266 (including seven matches in the St. Louis Blues).
In addition, Martin Brodeur is co-ownerseveral not quite typical for the goalkeeper of achievements. So, on his account appear three washers, one of which he spent in the playoffs, and another one was victorious in the match. He got the nickname "iron" after spending 4697 minutes on ice during 2006-2007.
Martin Brodeur - goalkeeper, better known forperformances for the club from New Jersey, but as part of the national team of Canada, he left a very visible mark. What are at least two of his gold Olympic medals in Salt Lake City and Vancouver, and also the victory in the World Cup in 2004? Yes, he never managed to become a world champion and enter the so-called "triple gold club", but this was due to the fact that his club almost always reached the latest stages of the Stanley Cup and Martin simply did not have the opportunity to help his team in the fight for the world championship.
Any athlete is extremely difficult to finishprofessional career. That's Brodo, despite the fact that his performance in recent years have become much worse, until the last he tried to stay in his favorite game. He even went on a very controversial step - signed before the season 2013-2014. contract with St. Louis, but after only seven games, he had to admit that he did not manage to deceive the rapidly flying time.
Today Martin Brodeur, whose biography,published in 2006, has become a real bestseller, leads a very measured lifestyle. Owning several pizzerias and one spa in Montreal, he does not experience any financial difficulties. In his spare time he likes to act as an expert on local television and in hockey magazines. On the career of the coach, he has not yet thought, although many fans of this great game are waiting for this step with impatience.
