In 1969 body-checking in all three zones in a rink was allowed, helmets and goaltender masks became mandatory in the early 1970s and in 1992 the IIHF began using the shootout.

In recent years, baseball catchers have begun wearing facemasks similar in style to goaltender masks.

Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Glenn Hall considered Vernon one of the best goaltenders of his era: " I always thought Grant Fuhr was the best goalie of his time.

He was always a goaltender, often joining his father for practices by the age of 4 and always focusing on the goaltenders.

In that case, both teams will have only three skating players ( not counting the goaltender ) until one or both penalties expire ( if one expires before the other, the opposing team gets a power play for the remainder ); this applies regardless of current pending penalties, though in the FIRS, a team always has at least two skaters on the ice.

Matches are played 3-on-3 with a goaltender, on a smaller court that measures 20 meters long by 12 meters wide.

Gretzky, goaltender Eddie Mio and forward Peter Driscoll were put on a private plane, not knowing where they would land and what team they would be joining.

In 1984, he travelled to the Soviet Union to film a television program on Russian goaltender Vladislav Tretiak.

Detroit Red Wings goaltender Jimmy Howard has the inscription " Lets Roll " on the back of his goalie helmet in reference to Flight 93.

Maloney had avoided making many personnel changes his first year, but on the eve of the 1993 Expansion Draft he traded backup goaltender Mark Fitzpatrick to the Quebec Nordiques for Ron Hextall.

A year earlier, they made the playoffs for the first time in five years on the strength of rookie goaltender Eddie Giacomin and acquired 1950s Montreal Canadiens star right wing Bernie " Boom Boom " Geoffrion.

With the game tied 3 – 3 in the first overtime, goaltender Kirk McLean made what became known thereafter as " The Save ", sliding across the crease feet-first and stacking his pads on the goal line to stop Robert Reichel on a one-timer pass from Theoren Fleury.

With Naslund's departure, Gillis announced on September 30, 2008, that Luongo had been named team captain, marking the first time since Bill Durnan of the Montreal Canadiens in 1947 that a goaltender had been named the captain of an NHL team.

* Jim Craig, goaltender for the gold medal winning 1980 " Miracle on Ice " U. S. Olympic hockey team

Plante was the first NHL goaltender to wear a goaltender mask in regulation play on a regular basis.

alt = A teenage Plante assumes the traditional goaltender stance, slightly crouched with legs together, wearing goaltender pads on his leg, his team sweater, and holding a goaltender stick in his right hand with the blade of the stick in front of his feet

He impressed the coach and stayed on as the team's number one goaltender.

Montreal Canadiens goaltender Peter Budaj has an image of Ned Flanders painted on the back of his helmet.

If a goaltender commits a foul, another player who was on the ice at the time of the penalty serves.

He later scored his first career NHL goal on January 21, 1995, against Winnipeg Jets goaltender Tim Cheveldae.

Much of Anaheim's success was predicated on the performance of goaltender J. S. Giguere's performance, who awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP.

Trailing 2 – 1 in the third period, he scored on goaltender Evgeni Nabokov to the tie the game, en route to a 3 – 2 win.

Kariya finished the tournament with a team-high 5 goals and 12 points over 8 games and received Best Forward and All-Star Team honours ( on the latter, he was joined by Canadian goaltender Bill Ranford.

He made his NHL debut on October 10, 1985, against the Minnesota North Stars, scoring his first goal that night on goaltender Don Beaupre and added an assist.

With Washington out of playoff contention late in the 2001 – 02 season and with his contract expiring following the season, the Capitals dealt Oates to the Philadelphia Flyers on March 19, 2002, in exchange for goaltender Maxime Ouellet and the Flyers ' first, second and third round selections in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft.

The Oilers were a young, strong team featuring, in addition to Gretzky, future Hall of Famers including forwards Mark Messier, Glenn Anderson and Jari Kurri, defenceman Paul Coffey, and goaltender Grant Fuhr.

In addition to the " Kid Line ", rookie 16-year old goaltender Kent Simpson also exceeded expectations, and was later assisted by acquired goaltender Thomas Heemskerk.

Bure's addition to the Canucks lineup bolstered a core that featured Linden and goaltender Kirk McLean, a Vezina Trophy nominee in 1989 and 1992 as the league's best goaltender, and helped the Canucks to their first of two consecutive Smythe Division titles.

In addition, through the several trades that brought in Fraser Clair, Shayne Fryia, and goaltender David Chant as well as the great play of rookie Jan Platil the Colts looked to make a deep run into the playoffs the following season.

Within three seasons, the North Stars would make the Stanley Cup Finals, thanks to the Gunds ' willingness to invest in the team and the addition of a number of talented players, including goaltender Gilles Meloche, from the Barons ' roster

They remained a force to be reckoned with throughout the decade, with Hull enjoying four 50-goal seasons, Mikita winning back-to-back scoring titles and MVP accolades, Pilote winning three consecutive Norris Trophies, and Hall being named the First or Second All-Star goaltender eight out of nine seasons.

On the first day of free agency, July 1, the team signed goaltender Cristobal Huet to a four year $ 22. 5 million dollar contract, and later signed defenseman Brian Campbell to an eight year, $ 56. 8 million dollar contact.

However, the St. Patricks tied the series in game four, 6 – 0, as John Ross Roach became the first rookie goaltender to record a Stanley Cup shutout.

* On May 2, 2002, Lalime became the fourteenth goaltender in NHL history to record four shutouts in one postseason, with a 27-save, 5 – 0 victory, in Toronto over the Maple Leafs.

Doan and his wife Andrea have four children – Gracie ( born December 17, 1998 ), Josh ( born March 2002 ), Karys ( born July 23, 2004 ), and Carson ( born September 2006 ) Doan is also a second cousin of Carey Price, goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens and first cousin of Keaton Ellerby, a Florida Panthers prospect and Catriona Le May Doan, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in speed skating through the marriage of her husband, Bart Doan.

He was the team's starting goaltender on the first four teams, but was injured and did not play in the 1990 playoffs, when the Oilers won for the fifth time.

For the 2004-05 American Hockey League season, four major rule changes were made that were intended to increase the scoring in games and make it more popular among casual fans -- ( 1 ) increasing the size of the attack zones by narrowing the neutral zone two feet each side and thus moving the goal line back two feet, ( 2 ) restrictions on the goaltender playing the puck, ( 3 ) permitting offside players to negate the penalty by " tagging up " with the blue line, and ( 4 ) changing the offside rule by permitting passes which cross the center line and one blue line ( but not between both blue lines in certain restrictions ).

The Devils came out to an early lead in the series, Ottawa rallied, winning games five and six on the energizing play of rookie Jason Spezza, but then the Devils regained their form as goaltender Martin Brodeur helped them win game seven and advance to the Stanley Cup final for the third time in four years.

In 1998, the AHL introduced a rule where teams will play the five minute overtime period with four skaters and a goaltender, rather than at full strength ( five skaters ), except in two-man advantage situations.

* NHL ( regular season ): If a game is tied after regulation time ( three 20-minute periods ), the teams play in a sudden death five-minute overtime period, with a goaltender and four skaters per side ( as opposed to the standard five ).

He was named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy, awarded to the best goaltender in the league, and was given a one-year, $ 2. 95 million contract for 2004 – 05 by an arbitrator, an increase in salary of nearly four times his previous contract.

At the end of 2008-09 season the Colts traded goaltender Michael Hutchinson to the London Knights in exchange for four draft picks which would later be traded for proven players during the next season's championship run.

It was the second-most saves by a goaltender in a Stanley Cup Finals game, coming within four stops of Canadiens goaltender Ken Dryden's 56 saves in 1971 against the Chicago Blackhawks.

In the playoffs, he ramped up his play, becoming the eighth goaltender to post four shutouts in one playoff season.

But in the next four games, Huet and the Canadiens lost by scores of 2 – 1, 3 – 2, 2 – 1 and 2 – 1 and the series in goaltender duels with rookie Cam Ward, who had taken Martin Gerber's starting spot in the series, and who would later go on to win the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Each team fields only four skaters ( plus a goaltender ), rather than ice hockey's five.

The four players other than the goaltender are typically divided into either two forwards and two defensemen, or three forwards and one defenseman.

Detroit goaltender Mike Vernon, who had been in net for the whole of the Wings ' failed 1995 playoff run, and relegated to the bench the year before, earned vindication and his first Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP by holding Philadelphia to six goals in four games.

A classic stand-up goaltender and a skilled stickhandler known for leaving the crease to play the puck, Giacomin would be the Rangers ' starting goaltender for the next nine seasons, leading the league in games played four straight years from 1967, in shutouts in 1967, 1968 and 1971, and sharing the Vezina Trophy with partner Gilles Villemure in 1971.

Surrendering only 98 goals, Thompson bested Chicago goaltender Charlie Gardiner to win the first of his four Vezina Trophies.

He fared no better four nights later in the home opener in Montreal against the Canadiens, losing 6-2 in the Forum while the fans both applauded and jeered their former goaltender.

In 2001, he made his NLL debut with the Toronto Rock, where he played for four seasons as a backup goaltender.