Brodeur wins No. 500

Posted November 17, 2007 10:00 pm

Associated Press

Martin Brodeur gave Patrick Roy some company in the 500 victory club.

Brodeur reached one of hockey's rarest milestones, stopping all but 2 shots in a modest effort thanks to some of New Jersey's usual stout defense and earned his 500th NHL win.

Brodeur made 26 saves in the Devils' 6-2 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Saturday night and joined Roy as the only goalies in NHL history with that many victories.

Brodeur, who failed in his first three attempts at the coveted mark, improved to 500-273-105-15.

Fittingly, the win came against the Flyers.

Brodeur set the single-season record for victories in Philly last season and he improved to 12-1-1 in his last 14 starts against the Flyers, including a 2-1 mark this season.

Brodeur has his 14 seasons with the Devils and led the franchise to three Stanley Cup titles. While he has an abnormally high number of losses this season (10), the 35-year-old Brodeur is still on pace to pass Roy on the career win list (551) at some point next season.

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