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is there really a new goal song for the up coming season??
i still love our current one....gives me chills everytime i listen to this...(i used to play this clip before the playoff games started to pump myself up )
im gonna change my ring tone to this when the season starts
(turn down the volume a bit tho...this clip is pretty loud)
One of the best underrated goalies retired today...sure he played on the enemies team but a goalie who never really was given the chance to be the number one goalie in Detriot deserves a lot
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Chris Osgood's long and winding road in the NHL has finally come to an end.
The 38-year-old keeper announced his retirement from hockey in Detroit Tuesday morning, bringing an end to his 17-year playing career. He moves on to a new job within the Red Wings organization.
The Peace River, Alberta-native won three Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings, who originally drafted Osgood in the third round, 54th overall, in 1991. He suited up for 744 NHL games in his career, spending two stints with the Wings, as well as playing for the Blues and Islanders.
He would serve as the starter for two of his three Cup wins, in 1998 and 2008 and served as Mike Vernon's back-up on Detroit's 1997 Cup-winning team. He also took the Wings to Game 7 of the 2009 Cup Final, where they would lose to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
A two-time Jennings Trophy winner, Osgood would share the award with Mike Vernon in 1996 and Dominik Hasek in 2008.
Osgood's numbers rank amongst the all-time leaders amongst NHL goalies, despite fighting for a starting job for portions of his career.
Still, the numbers piled up. He ranks amongst the all-time leaders in regular-season wins (401, 10th all-time), shutouts (50, tied for 24th), goals-against average (2.49, 24th).
In the playoffs, his numbers were even better, his 74 playoff wins are good for eighth all-time and his 16 playoff shutouts trail only Martin Brodeur, Patrick Roy and Curtis Joseph.
Osgood is also one of only five goalies to have scored a goal in an NHL game by actually firing the puck into the opponent's net, doing so against Hartford on March 6, 1996.
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