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Final 2009/10 Regular Season

 

Rank   Player   Team   Rating
1 Thomas Heemskerk  EVT  57
2 Kent Simpson  EVT  53
3 Calvin Pickard   SEA   51
4 James Reid  SPO  47
5 Drew Owsley  T.C  46
6 Ian Curtis  POR  44
7 Garrett Zemlak  P.A  43
8 Martin Jones  CAL  41
9 Alexander Pechurskiy  T.C  38
10 Linden Rowat  LET  37
11 Morgan Clark  S.C  37
12 Mark Segal  VAN  36
13 Jeff Bosch  M.J  35
14 Darcy Kuemper  R.D  35
15 Jon Groenheyde  KAM  34
16 Todd Mathews  KTN  33
17 Kurtis Mucha  KAM  32
18 Adam Brown  KEL  31
19 Andrew Hayes  BDN  31
20 Lucas Gore  CWK  30
21 Mark Friesen  S.C  28
22 Damien Ketlo  REG  27
23 Cam Lanigan  EDM  26
24 Steven Stanford  SAS  25
25 Adam Morrison  SAS  24
26 Jacob De Serres  BDN  24
27 Hudson Stremmel  P.G  24
28 Brandon Anderson  LET  23
29 Torrie Jung  EDM  23
30 Mac Carruth  POR  23
31 Tyler Bunz  M.H  23
32 Nathan Lieuwen  KTN  22
33 Michael Snider  CAL  21
34 Jamie Tucker  P.A  19
35 Brandon Glover  M.J  18
36 Dawson Guhle  REG  11

 

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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