With the squad he has won the NHL's Stanley Cup Championship three times (1995, 2000, 2003), the Vezina Trophy as the league's top goaltender four times (2003, 2004, 2007, 2008), and the William M.

Brodeur was a three-time Stanley Cup winner, four-time Vezina Trophy recipient and seven-time All-Star with the Devils from 1991-14.

Legendary goaltender Martin Brodeur has been hired by the New Jersey Devils as executive vice president of hockey operations. The Devils announced Thursday that Brodeur has agreed to a multiyear contract extension to remain with the organization.

They begin eight feet outside of each goal post and extend to the boards along the back wall, creating a trapezoid. In the official NHL rulebook, it's rule 1.8: the goalkeeper's restricted area. Most people call it the Martin Brodeur Rule.

Brodeur's prowess with the stick and fondness for roaming from his crease to play the puck led to the current "Brodeur Rule" that confines such activity by goalies to a trapezoid that is eight feet out from each goal post and 28 feet wide at the boards behind the net.

My Answer: Three. I wear a player cup under a goalie double cup. Gotta keep everything in place with the player cup so the goalie cup doesn't wander. Several goalies have unfortunately suffered severe testicle injuries while playing the position and I was never willing to risk it.

April 17, 1997 Scorers

Brodeur is one of the greatest goalies in NHL history, atop the all-time record books in wins (691), shutouts (125) and games played (1,266). If there's a critique to his legacy, it's that he played behind stellar defenses and thus faced fewer dangerous chances than, for example, another great like Dominik Hasek.

Per the NHL rule book: “When a goalkeeper has lost his helmet and/or face mask and his team has possession of the puck, the play shall be stopped immediately to allow the goalkeeper the opportunity to regain his helmet and/or face mask.

Ken Dryden and Jacques Plante are tied for the most career championships by a goalie, with 6 championships.

If you wear a cup with a proper fitting jock strap it shouldn't be uncomfortable or restrict movement at all. Anyone who says otherwise isn't wearing the right equipment. Just don't wear compression shorts with a cup pocket. They won't hold the cup in the right spot and it will be uncomfortable.