Introduction

The NHL goaltender is the most unique position player on the ice. Their primary responsibility is to keep the puck out of the net; to do this, they wear some of the most extensive personal protection in all sports. You would, too, if you had a bunch of well-trained athletes launching hard rubber projectiles at you at high velocity. The goalie’s task is to stand on their heads if they have to to keep pucks from getting through the pipes. We want to salute these folks in the crease by remembering the best goalies in NHL history.

We will choose different metrics that measure a goaltender’s effectiveness to do this. Then, we will use the Stathead and Hockey-Reference database to give us the top tenders from the past 100-plus years in each statistical category.

Introduction to the Best NHL Coaches

The National Hockey League is the premier professional hockey organization in the world. It attracts the top skaters, but the greatest coaches and strategists also aspire to be in the NHL. In this post, we will use the data of Hockey-Reference.com and Stahead.com to provide the statistical best NHL coaches of all time.