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NHL GOALIE RATINGS / RANKINGS

2002/03 REGULAR SEASON

 

Rank   Player   Age   Tm   Rating
1 Sean Burke  36 PHX  96
2 Martin Gerber  28 MDA  90
3 Marty Turco  27 DAL  89
4 Roberto Luongo  23 FLA  88
5 Manny Legace  29 DET  88
6 Manny Fernandez  28 MIN  88
7 Dwayne Roloson  33 MIN  87
8 Ed Belfour  37 TOR  86
9 Sebastien Caron  22 PIT  84
10 Olaf Kolzig  32 WSH  83
11 Jean-Sebastien Giguere  25 MDA  83
12 Roman Cechmanek  31 PHI  81
13 Patrick Roy 37 COL  81
14 Mike Dunham  30 2Tm  80
15 Garth Snow  33 NYI  80
16 Jeff Hackett  34 2Tm  80
17 David Aebischer  24 COL  79
18 Tomas Vokoun  26 NSH  78
19 Jocelyn Thibault  28 CHI  76
20 Jose Theodore  26 MTL  76
21 Kevin Weekes  27 CAR  75
22 Curtis Joseph  35 DET  74
23 Jani Hurme  28 FLA  73
24 Nikolai Khabibulin  30 TBL  72
25 Pasi Nurminen  27 ATL  72
26 Marc Denis   25 CBJ   71
27 John Grahame  27 2Tm  70
28 Evgeni Nabokov  27 SJS  69
29 Martin Biron  25 BUF  69
30 Martin Brodeur  30 NJD  68
31 Dan Cloutier  26 VAN  67
32 Patrick Lalime  28 OTT  66
33 Jamie Storr  27 LAK  65
34 Robert Esche  25 PHI  61
35 Roman Turek  32 CGY  61
36 Johan Hedberg  29 PIT  60
37 Tommy Salo  31 EDM  59
38 Brian Boucher  26 PHX  57
39 Brent Johnson  25 STL  56
40 Steve Shields  30 BOS  55
41 Dan Blackburn  19 NYR  53
42 Chris Osgood  30 2Tm  53
43 Felix Potvin  31 LAK  51
44 Ron Tugnutt  35 DAL  51
45 Fred Brathwaite  30 STL  37
46 Arturs Irbe  35 CAR  35
  UnRanked Below (<1200 minutes)      
  Cody Rudkowsky  24 STL  148
  Reinhard Divis  27 STL  127
  Mathieu Garon  25 MTL  110
  Tyler Moss  27 VAN  108
  Zac Bierk  26 PHX  100
  Alex Auld  22 VAN  97
  Vesa Toskala  25 SJS  95
  Corey Schwab  32 NJD  84
  Michael Leighton  21 CHI  82
  Andrew Raycroft  22 BOS  82
  Tim Thomas  28 BOS  76
  Mika Noronen  23 BUF  73
  Cristobal Huet  27 LAK  73
  Sebastien Charpentier  25 WSH  71
  Martin Prusek  27 OTT  70
  Ray Emery  20 OTT  69
  Jean-Sebastien Aubin  25 PIT  67
  Curtis Sanford  23 STL  64
  Jussi Markkanen  27 EDM  64
  Milan Hnilicka  29 ATL  63
  Ryan Miller  22 BUF  62
  Trevor Kidd  30 TOR  60
  Mike Richter  36 NYR  59
  Peter Skudra  29 VAN  56
  Rick DiPietro  21 NYI  56
  Patrick DesRochers  23 2Tm  56
  Mikael Tellqvist  23 TOR  54
  Jamie McLennan  31 CGY  53
  Corey Hirsch  30 DAL  52
  Jean-Francois Labbe  30 CBJ  51
  Johan Holmqvist  24 NYR  50
  Tom Barrasso  37 STL  39
  Miikka Kiprusoff  26 SJS  39
  Kevin Hodson  30 TBL  32
  Jean-Marc Pelletier  24 PHX  30
  Jan Lasak  23 NSH  30
  Byron Dafoe  31 ATL  30
  Steve Passmore  30 CHI  27
  Wade Flaherty  35 NSH  20
  Craig Anderson  21 CHI  17
  Dieter Kochan  28 MIN  4
  Craig Billington  36 WSH  3
  Evgeny Konstantinov  21 TBL  2
  Frederic Cassivi  27 ATL  1
  Brian Finley  21 NSH  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