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NHL GOALIE RATINGS / RANKINGS

2001/02 REGULAR SEASON

 

Rank   Player   Age   Team   Rating
1 Jose Theodore  25 MTL  99
2 Roberto Luongo  22 FLA  87
3 Nikolai Khabibulin  29 TBL  86
4 Patrick Roy 36 COL  85
5 Sean Burke  35 PHX  85
6 Milan Hnilicka  28 ATL  83
7 Marty Turco  26 DAL  82
8 Evgeni Nabokov  26 SJS  82
9 Roman Cechmanek  30 PHI  81
10 Jean-Sebastien Giguere  24 MDA  81
11 Martin Biron  24 BUF  76
12 Mike Richter  35 NYR  75
13 Dominik Hasek  37 DET  75
14 Chris Osgood  29 NYI  73
15 Tommy Salo  30 EDM  72
16 Steve Shields  29 MDA  72
17 Tom Barrasso  36 2Tm  71
18 Mike Dunham  29 NSH  69
19 Dan Blackburn  18 NYR  69
20 Johan Hedberg  28 PIT  69
21 Jani Hurme  27 OTT  68
22 Roman Turek  31 CGY  68
23 Olaf Kolzig  31 WSH  68
24 Marc Denis  24 CBJ  67
25 Tomas Vokoun  25 NSH  66
26 Felix Potvin  30 LAK  65
27 Ron Tugnutt  34 CBJ  65
28 Brian Boucher  25 PHI  64
29 Byron Dafoe  30 BOS  64
30 Dwayne Roloson  32 MIN  63
31 Trevor Kidd  29 FLA  63
32 Curtis Joseph  34 TOR  62
33 Patrick Lalime  27 OTT  62
34 Garth Snow  32 NYI  62
35 Arturs Irbe  34 CAR  62
36 Jocelyn Thibault  27 CHI  61
37 Martin Brodeur   29 NJD   61
38 Dan Cloutier  25 VAN  59
39 Brent Johnson  24 STL  56
40 Manny Fernandez  27 MIN  56
41 Fred Brathwaite  29 STL  56
42 Ed Belfour  36 DAL  54
43 Corey Schwab  31 TOR  54
  UnRanked Below (<1200 minutes)      
  Olivier Michaud  18 MTL  195
  Simon Lajeunesse  21 OTT  155
  Derek Gustafson  22 MIN  144
  Johan Holmqvist  23 NYR  139
  Vesa Toskala  24 SJS  137
  Reinhard Divis  26 STL  133
  Sebastien Charpentier  24 WSH  117
  Frederic Cassivi  26 ATL  102
  Ty Conklin  25 EDM  101
  Wade Flaherty  34 FLA  96
  David Aebischer  23 COL  93
  Jussi Markkanen  26 EDM  89
  Jean-Francois Labbe  29 CBJ  87
  Kevin Weekes  26 2Tm  87
  Miikka Kiprusoff  25 SJS  81
  Jamie Storr  26 LAK  80
  Jeff Hackett  33 MTL  76
  Pasi Nurminen  26 ATL  74
  Manny Legace  28 DET  73
  Ilya Bryzgalov  21 MDA  72
  John Vanbiesbrouck  38 NJD  71
  Peter Skudra  28 VAN  68
  Damian Rhodes  32 ATL  67
  Robert Esche  24 PHX  66
  Alex Auld  21 VAN  63
  Mike Vernon  38 CGY  61
  John Grahame  26 BOS  61
  Steve Passmore  29 CHI  60
  Andrew Raycroft  21 BOS  59
  Stephane Fiset  31 MTL  55
  Mika Noronen  22 BUF  53
  Jean-Francois Damphousse  22 NJD  52
  Jan Lasak  22 NSH  51
  Dieter Kochan  27 TBL  47
  Jean-Sebastien Aubin  24 PIT  45
  Mathieu Garon  24 MTL  44
  Craig Billington  35 WSH  37
  Neil Little  30 PHI  27
  Martin Brochu  28 VAN  21
  Kay Whitmore  34 CGY  10
  Patrick DesRochers  22 PHX  6
  Norm Maracle  27 ATL  4
  Bob Essensa  37 BUF  3
  Scott Clemmensen  24 NJD  2
  Martin Prusek  26 OTT  1
  Sebastien Centomo  20 TOR  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