Goaltender

See also: NHL Goalies who have scored in a game.
. Chris Osgood and Jose Theodore have also scored goals in the NHL.
. Billy Smith (the first goalie to be credited with a goal), Mika Noronen and Damian Rhodes all scored without actually shooting the puck; they were credited with goals because they were the last people on their respective teams to touch the puck. The film also features two spectacular fight scenes between Chan and Australian martial artist Bradley James Allan. Evgeni Nabokov was the first goalie to score a powerplay goal, doing so for the San Jose Sharks in 2002. (Jackie Chan) who falls in love with her; but the plot is soon thickened by rival businessmen, hired goons, and Bu's confused boyfriend.

Ron Hextall and Martin Brodeur have both accomplished this twice. She, however, meets the wealthy C.N. A goalie scoring a goal in an NHL game is a very rare feat. She heads for Hong Kong to find its writer, only to learn that it was in fact written by Albert (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), a lonely gay man. Since no goalie is protecting the empty goal net, it is easier for the opposing team to score an empty net goal. Bu (Shu Qi) is a beautiful young girl from a small Taiwanese fishing village who discovers a romantic message in a bottle. Also, during the last minute or so of a game, if a team is likely to lose anyway because they are a goal behind the other team and the puck and playing action are on the other team's side of the ice rink, the coach may decide to have the goalie leave the rink to be substituted by an attacking player to increase the team's chance of scoring a goal to tie the game. It is a martial arts/romance film starring Jackie Chan and Shu Qi in the two leading roles.

However, if the empty net team puts the puck in their own goal net by mistake, the goal still counts against them. Gorgeous (玻璃樽 Bor lei jun) is a 1999 Hong Kong movie, directed by Vincent Kuk. If the opposing team commits a penalty while the goalie's team has control of the puck, the goalie may leave to be substituted because as soon as the penalized team gets control of the puck, play is stopped before they can score a goal. Daniel Wu. A team temporarily playing with no goalie is said to be playing with an empty net. Stephen Fung. However, there are a couple of situations when a goalie may leave the ice rink to be substituted by an attacking player to increase his team's chance of scoring a goal. David Leung.

Normally, the goalie plays in or near the goal crease the whole game. Stephen Chow. Goalies skate around the ice rink much less during play than other players and are substituted far less frequently in a game; often, a goalie plays out the entire game. Kar-Ying Law. When he does get a penalty, the coach is allowed to select another player, who was on the ice at the time of the infraction, to sit in the penalty box for him, unless the goalie has been penalized for fighting. Sam Lee. A goalie can get a penalty like any other player, but the goalie tends to have less bodily contact with players from the opposing team and therefore rarely gets a penalty. Sandra Ng Kwan Yue.

See also shot on goal, save percentage, and goals against average. Vincent Kok. If too many opposing players are nearby, the goalie may decide to hold the puck (longer than about a second) to stop play. Tats Lau. Goalies often catch a shot if they can to better control how it re-enters play. Bradley James Allan. After making a save, controlling the rebounding puck is desirable to avoid a goal scored on a shot from the rebound, or simply allowing the goalie's own team to get control of the puck. Elaine Jin.

Goalies often makes saves anyway they can: catching the puck with their glove hand, deflecting the shot with their stick, blocking it with their leg pads or blocker or another part of their body, falling on their knees or even prone on the ice to block any low shot that may come, especially up close. Sung Young Chen. When a goalie blocks or otherwise stops a shot from going into his goal net, that action is called a save. Ken Lo. In some leagues, if a goalie's stick breaks, he can continue playing with a broken stick until the play is stopped, unlike other players who must drop their broken stick immediately. Richie Ren. If a player from the other team hits him without making an attempt to get out of his way, the offending player is penalized. Wakin (Emil) Chau.

He may legally hold the puck with his hands to cause a stoppage of play. Tony Leung Chiu Wai. He wears special goaltending equipment that is not subject to the same regulations. Shu Qi. The goaltender has special privileges that other players do not. Jackie Chan. A typical ice hockey team may have two or three goaltenders.

Goaltender is typically a specialized position in ice hockey; at higher levels in the game, no goalies play other positions and no players play goalie. . No more than one player on each hockey team plays as goalie at any one time in a game. Due to the power and frequency of shots, the goaltender wears special equipment designed to protect the body from direct impact.

He usually plays in or near the area in front of the net called the goal crease (or often just crease). The goaltender, goalie, in ice hockey is a player who defends his team's goal net by stopping shots of the puck from entering the net to prevent the opposing team from scoring. Georges Vezina. Vladislav Tretiak.

Tommy Salo. Terry Sawchuk. Patrick Roy. Mike Richter.

Manon Rheaume. Jacques Plante. Bernie Parent. Olaf Kolzig.

Miikka Kiprusoff. Nikolai Khabibulin. Ron Hextall. Dominik Hasek.

Glenn Hall. Grant Fuhr. Tony Esposito. Bill Durnan.

Ken Dryden. Gerry Cheevers. Martin Brodeur. Johnny Bower.

Ed Belfour. The Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award is awarded each year by the NHL to the goaltender with the best save percentage during the regular season. Jennings Trophy is awarded each year by the NHL to the goaltender from the team that allowed the fewest goals during the regular season. The William M.

The Vezina Trophy is awarded each year by the NHL to the league's most outstanding goaltender as determined by the general managers of the teams.