Martin Brodeur who was the son of the Montreal Canadiens' official photographer, grew up idolizing the team.
In the spring of 1986 he and a friend rode went to downtown Montreal to celebrate the Canadiens 23rd Stanley Cup win. The parade of champions made it's way down St. Catherine's Street with the crowd cheering for their heroes. The veteran team members included captain Bob Gainey, top defenceman Larry Robinson and winger Mats Naslund as well as younger players. However the biggest star in that great game was 21-year goaltender Patrick Roy, a youngster whose future impact on the game was as yet unknown.
No one as yet knew yet how great Roy would later become, and how the young Martin Brodeur, admiring him in the parade, would one day surpass many of his achievements. On March 17, Brodeur, goaltender for the New Jersey Devils and certain to enter the Hall of Fame one day added a record to his NHL resume on March 17th by becoming the NHL's career wins leader and surpassing Roy's record with 552 victories.
The 36-year-old Brodeur has been pursuing Roy's numerous records since he entered the NHL in 1992. No doubt these two legendary goaltenders will alway be compared to one another.
Brodeur is a cool goaltender who is never fazed by anything, while Roy's high energy attitude has him looked upon by many hockey fans as one of the hardest playing goaltenders ever seen.
Brodeur has won four Vezina trophies and three Stanley Cups, but Roy will go down as possibly hockey's greatest playoff winner and he has three Conn Smythe trophies to confirm this position.
Roy still holds the record of 13 seasons with 30 or more wins per season. Brodeur's total of 12 in a row came to an abrupt end this season since he missed most the season with a serious injury which kept him off the ice for 50 games.
Brodeur holds the record of seven 40-win seasons while Roy leads in total combined regular-season and Stanley Cup playoff wins with 702 (Brodeur has only 644). Making comparisons between the two greats could be endless, but both of these great goaltenders will always be known as winners .
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