Truemors
is reporting from
Member
NP Rank:
NP Rank:
Devils' Brodeur to have surgery, out 3-4 months
Share: 
by JeffHuang | November 4, 2008 at 12:04 pm
206 views | 2 Recommendations | 5 comments
Photos
Videos
Martin Brodeur, arguably the greatest goaltender of all-time is to have surgery on his elbow and will be out up to 4months. This is a huge blow to the New Jersey Devils as he has been the backbone of the team for the past decade. A team relying on their defence and goaltending will have to put the goaltending load on Kevin Weekes who barely gets any game action playing behind Brodeur in New Jersey.
New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur is expected to miss up to four months after undergoing elbow surgery.
The 36-year-old Brodeur will undergo surgery Thursday to repair the distal bicep in the left elbow, the Devils said Tuesday.
Brodeur was injured Saturday against Atlanta. He made five saves before leaving the game 6:38 into the second period and was relieved by Kevin Weekes, who posted 14 stops as Brodeur picked up career win No. 544.
He was seen on his knees laboring his elbow on Saturday against the Atlanta Thrashers. The 15-year veteran is eight wins away from breaking Patrick Roy's NHL record for career wins at 551 and with 98 career shutouts, he is just five shutouts away from Terry Sawchuk's NHL record of 103. With a healthy return, he should be able to break Roy's record this season but might have to wait till next season to break Sawchuk's shutout record. Definitely a huge blow to the Devils.
What is NowPublic?
NowPublic lets people work together to cover news events around the world.
Crowd Power
fotoFluke
Somerset, New Jersey, United States
glvsave27
Feasterville, Pennsylvania, United StatesEeleus
Somerville, New Jersey, United States
rc6750
Tampa, Florida, United States
JeffHuang
Berkeley, California, United Statesrosey11
Canadarubyswoon
Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey, United Statesjnoyesphotography
Silver Spring, Maryland, United Statesfrozencycler
ItalyJohnthephotographer
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United Statesgreg.healy
CanadaRagingMike
Merrick, New York, United StatesThunder_Girl99
Poughkeepsie, New York, United Statesjd08257o
Clifton, New Jersey, United StatesMyNameIsOtto
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (5)
at 20:39 on November 4th, 2008
JeffHuang, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 23:40 on November 4th, 2008
frozencycler has contributed a photo to this story.
at 02:19 on November 5th, 2008
Martin Brodeur Backstopping Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino
grumpy37 has contributed a photo to this story.
at 16:00 on November 9th, 2008
I took this photo at last years game 5. It is my favorite picture I ever took.
jd08257o has contributed a photo to this story.
at 20:29 on June 21st, 2009
The article gives us a glimpse of how surgeries are serious cases.I remember about cyberknife