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NHL GOALIE RATINGS / RANKINGS

2005/06 REGULAR SEASON

 

Rank   Player   Age   Team   Rating
1 Cristobal Huet  30 MTL  100
2 Tomas Vokoun  29 NSH  93
3 Tim Thomas  31 BOS  91
4 Roberto Luongo  26 FLA  91
5 Dominik Hasek  41 OTT  91
6 Pascal Leclaire  23 CBJ  90
7 Henrik Lundqvist  23 NYR  89
8 Miikka Kiprusoff   29 CGY   87
9 Manny Fernandez  31 MIN  85
10 Brent Johnson  28 WSH  84
11 Ryan Miller  25 BUF  83
12 Chris Mason  29 NSH  81
13 Jean-Sebastien Giguere  28 MDA  80
14 Martin Brodeur  33 NJD  78
15 Kari Lehtonen  22 ATL  77
16 Manny Legace  32 DET  77
17 Dwayne Roloson  36 2Tm  77
18 Ilya Bryzgalov  25 MDA  76
19 Curtis Sanford  26 STL  75
20 Martin Biron  28 BUF  75
21 Martin Gerber  31 CAR  74
22 Marc Denis  28 CBJ  73
23 Olaf Kolzig  35 WSH  72
24 Alex Auld  25 VAN  71
25 Curtis Joseph  38 PHX  70
26 Marc-Andre Fleury  21 PIT  70
27 Rick DiPietro  24 NYI  69
28 Ray Emery  23 OTT  69
29 David Aebischer  27 2Tm  69
30 Jason LaBarbera  26 LAK  67
31 Peter Budaj  23 COL  67
32 Robert Esche  28 PHI  64
33 Mikael Tellqvist  26 TOR  64
34 Mathieu Garon  28 LAK  63
35 Vesa Toskala  28 SJS  63
36 Ed Belfour  40 TOR  62
37 Antero Niittymaki  25 PHI  61
38 Kevin Weekes  30 NYR  61
39 Chris Osgood  33 DET  61
40 Sean Burke  39 TBL  59
41 Marty Turco  30 DAL  59
42 Sebastien Caron  25 PIT  56
43 John Grahame  30 TBL  54
44 Nikolai Khabibulin  33 CHI  54
45 Michael Garnett  23 ATL  54
46 Craig Anderson  24 CHI  54
47 Cam Ward  21 CAR  53
48 Patrick Lalime  31 STL  51
49 Jose Theodore  29 2Tm  49
50 Evgeni Nabokov  30 SJS  49
51 Andrew Raycroft  25 BOS  49
52 Jussi Markkanen  30 EDM  42
  UnRanked Below <1200 minutes)      
  Chris Holt  20 NYR  139
  Jean-Sebastien Aubin  28 TOR  92
  Hannu Toivonen  21 BOS  84
  Pekka Rinne  23 NSH  82
  Nolan Schaefer  26 SJS  78
  Jamie McLennan  34 FLA  78
  Yann Danis  24 MTL  76
  Jimmy Howard  21 DET  75
  Jason Bacashihua  23 STL  71
  Josh Harding  21 MIN  68
  Maxime Ouellet  24 VAN  64
  Wade Dubielewicz  27 NYI  63
  Johan Hedberg  32 DAL  61
  Dan Cloutier  29 VAN  60
  Garth Snow  36 NYI  59
  Adam Munro  23 CHI  59
  Philippe Sauve  25 2Tm  57
  Mike Dunham  33 ATL  55
  Vitali Kolesnik  26 COL  55
  Jocelyn Thibault  31 PIT  55
  Adam Berkhoel  24 ATL  55
  David LeNeveu  22 PHX  52
  Scott Clemmensen  28 NJD  47
  Corey Crawford  21 CHI  45
  Brian Boucher  29 2Tm  43
  Mike Morrison  26 2Tm  43
  Martin Prusek  30 CBJ  42
  Gerald Coleman  20 TBL  41
  Ty Conklin  29 EDM  38
  Frederic Cassivi  30 WSH  37
  Mika Noronen  26 2Tm  21
  Steve Shields  33 ATL  20
  Brian Finley  24 NSH  16
  Reinhard Divis  30 STL  8
  Brian Eklund  25 TBL  3
  Adam Hauser  25 LAK  2
  Dany Sabourin  25 PIT  1
  Rob McVicar  24 VAN  0
  Jordan Sigalet  24 BOS  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