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NHL GOALIE RATINGS / RANKINGS

2000/01 REGULAR SEASON

 

Rank   Player   Age   Team   Rating
1 Mike Dunham  28 NSH  93
2 Roberto Luongo  21 FLA  92
3 Sean Burke  34 PHX  91
4 Marty Turco  25 DAL  88
5 Manny Fernandez  26 MIN  88
6 Ron Tugnutt  33 CBJ  87
7 Dominik Hasek  36 BUF  86
8 Roman Cechmanek  29 PHI  85
9 Manny Legace  27 DET  84
10 Curtis Joseph  33 TOR  83
11 Patrick Lalime  26 OTT  80
12 Jean-Sebastien Giguere  23 MDA  80
13 Evgeni Nabokov  25 SJS  79
14 Jose Theodore  24 MTL  77
15 Patrick Roy*  35 COL  76
16 Tomas Vokoun  24 NSH  76
17 Olaf Kolzig  30 WSH  75
18 Fred Brathwaite  28 CGY  74
19 Arturs Irbe   33 CAR   73
20 Damian Rhodes  31 ATL  72
21 Jamie McLennan  29 MIN  72
22 Garth Snow  31 PIT  71
23 Kevin Weekes  25 TBL  71
24 John Vanbiesbrouck  37 2Tm  70
25 Chris Osgood  28 DET  70
26 Guy Hebert  34 2Tm  70
27 Byron Dafoe  29 BOS  69
28 Jani Hurme  26 OTT  68
29 Martin Brodeur  28 NJD  68
30 Tommy Salo  29 EDM  68
31 Marc Denis  23 CBJ  67
32 Ed Belfour  35 DAL  67
33 Brent Johnson  23 STL  67
34 Trevor Kidd  28 FLA  66
35 Robert Esche  23 PHX  66
36 Jamie Storr  25 LAK  65
37 Mike Richter  34 NYR  65
38 Felix Potvin  29 2Tm  64
39 David Aebischer  22 COL  63
40 Kirk McLean  34 NYR  62
41 Milan Hnilicka  27 ATL  62
42 Roman Turek  30 STL  61
43 Jocelyn Thibault  26 CHI  61
44 Dan Cloutier  24 2Tm  59
45 Jean-Sebastien Aubin  23 PIT  58
46 Bob Essensa  36 VAN  54
47 Mike Vernon  37 CGY  50
48 Brian Boucher  24 PHI  41
  UnRanked Below (<1200 minutes)      
  Corey Hirsch  28 WSH  161
  Jason LaBarbera  21 NYR  141
  Nikolai Khabibulin  28 TBL  90
  Craig Billington  34 WSH  84
  Scott Fankhouser  25 ATL  83
  Steve Shields  28 SJS  79
  Martin Biron  23 BUF  77
  Johan Hedberg  27 PIT  72
  Norm Maracle  26 ATL  69
  Derek Gustafson  21 MIN  59
  Mathieu Garon  23 MTL  58
  Chris Terreri  36 2Tm  58
  Miikka Kiprusoff  24 SJS  56
  Andrew Raycroft  20 BOS  56
  Jeff Hackett  32 MTL  56
  Chris Mason  24 NSH  55
  Rich Parent  28 PIT  53
  Steve Passmore  28 2Tm  52
  Joaquin Gage  27 EDM  49
  Dominic Roussel  30 2Tm  49
  Eric Fichaud  25 MTL  48
  Rick DiPietro  19 NYI  47
  Peter Skudra  27 2Tm  46
  Maxime Ouellet  19 PHI  46
  Wade Flaherty  33 2Tm  45
  Glenn Healy  38 TOR  44
  Mike Fountain  29 OTT  43
  Johan Holmqvist  22 NYR  40
  Dieter Kochan  26 TBL  35
  John Grahame  25 BOS  33
  Robbie Tallas  27 CHI  31
  Mika Noronen  21 BUF  29
  Tyler Moss  25 CAR  19
  Vitali Yeremeyev  25 NYR  16
  Stephane Fiset  30 LAK  15
  Michel Larocque  24 CHI  5
  Kay Whitmore  33 BOS  4
  Zac Bierk  24 MIN  3
  Gregg Naumenko  23 MDA  2
  Travis Scott  25 LAK  1
  Evgeny Konstantinov  19 TBL  0

 

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    Jerry Shields
 HOW DO I DETERMINE THESE RATINGS?

 

An intensive, complicated analysis is done on each goaltender.

Care is taken to remove an bias from the ability of a goaltender's teams - as good teams allow fewer quality shots and vice versa for weak teams.

There are adjustments made for the caliber of goaltending in each league and then again for each level of hockey.

All of this results in a number that reflects a goaltenders current ability and compares him to others.  Most goaltenders' ability increases with age, until they peak in their early 30's.  Younger goaltenders' ratings increase faster at a young age as the progress through the ranks.

Goalies with few starts result in more inaccurate analysis and should be scrutinized closely.  Therefore I only rank goalies that have played a minimum of 1200 minutes.

What the Scores Mean....

Extensive research has allowed me to place a goalie in his current level of play based on these scores.
The scores relate to the following categories.
Keep in mind that these scores are CURRENT ability but do not indicate potential ability.
Quality Goaltenders often climb 1 category per season.

Score = Current Level of Play
00-09 = Tier II Goalie
10-19 = Tier II Starter
20-29 = Major Junior Backup
30-39 = Major Junior Starter
40-49 = Minor Pro Goaltender
50-59 = Minor Pro Starter/Fringe NHL Goalie
60-69 = Regular NHL Goalie
70-79 = NHL Starter
80-99 = NHL STAR