Was perusing stats from last year and noticed that only four NHL goaltenders logged more than 4,000 minutes of playing time: Calgary's Miikka Kiprusoff, Marty Turco of Dallas, Henrik Lundqvist of the Rangers, and Minnesota's Niklas Backstrom.
My hunch is that Kiprusoff---barring injury---may be the only one of that group to exceed 4,000 minutes this season, at least as far as NHL action is concerned.
The reasons for this vary depending upon the goalie in question.
(Continue to Jim Cerny's Rink Rap)
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Goalies and 4,000-Minute Barrier
Author: SMEX
| Posted at: 5:09 AM |
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