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Evgeni Nabokov Retires

Islanderfan17

Islanderfan17

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My favorite thing about Nabby was his personality, the guy was a great interview. He was a very solid regular season goalie for a long time, but he really wasn't meant to be in the playoffs. Will remember his time with the Isles fondly, considering he got us to my first playoff series since I was a fan. He was the biggest reason we made the playoffs in 2013.
 
CanadienShark

CanadienShark

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Love Nabby. Hope his retirement treats him well. I would like to see him get a front office job with the Sharks, or possibly even coaching position. And that Richards save never gets old. Phenomenal.
 
MattMartin

MattMartin

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Shepard said:
A better version:

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1 of the greatest save I have seen. I loved the guy when he was on the Islanders. I also understand that his playoff performance against Pittsburgh was awful ,but, people do not realize with him that season we are not in the playoffs to begin with.
 
donghabs98

donghabs98

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Habsfunk said:
I'll always remember him for his glove stop on Brad Richards, which is in the discussion for greatest save ever.

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Same here. The first thing that comes to mind about him is that save. Just amazing watching it now, it must have been even crazier watching it live.
 
kdb209

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CanadienShark said:
Love Nabby. Hope his retirement treats him well. I would like to see him get a front office job with the Sharks, or possibly even coaching position. And that Richards save never gets old. Phenomenal.
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I'm really hoping he becomes the Sharks goaltending coach. Nabby was the last goalie to be mentored by Warren Strelow.
 
kdb209

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kdb209 said:
I'm really hoping he becomes the Sharks goaltending coach. Nabby was the last goalie to be mentored by Warren Strelow.
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kingdok said:
Who?
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http://sharks.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=474307
Known throughout the hockey world for his expertise and results in training young goaltenders, Strelow was widely regarded as the best in his profession.

Strelow served as goaltending coach for the U.S. Men’s Ice Hockey team at the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, where the squad, coached by the late Hockey Hall of Famer and Strelow’s long-time friend Herb Brooks, pulled off the “Miracle on Ice†victory against the Soviet Union and later won the gold medal against Finland. Jim Craig, who backstopped Team USA to those impressive victories, credited Strelow as one of the main reasons for his success in the tournament. Strelow reprised his role with the U.S. Men’s Team at the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City where the team captured the silver medal.

In 2004, Strelow was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, along with the 1980 U.S. Olympic Team.

He was hired by the Washington Capitals as the first full-time goalie coach in the NHL, where he coached from 1983-1989. During a five-year period as an NHL coach, Strelow’s goaltenders with the Capitals posted the lowest composite goals-against average in the League, including winning one Jennings Trophy, emblematic of the goaltending tandem with the lowest goals-against average in a season. They also finished second in the League three times. Two of his goaltenders (Al Jensen and Pat Riggin) were named to the NHL All-Star Team and the Capitals won the 1988-89 Patrick Division Championship. Strelow also spent two seasons as a scout for the Capitals.

He served in a similar role with the New Jersey Devils from 1990-1993.

Hired by San Jose in 1997, Strelow helped the Sharks organization become widely recognized as one of the best consistent developers of goaltending talent in the NHL.

Under Strelow’s tutelage in 2000-01, four goaltenders in the Sharks system were named to their respective league’s All-Star Teams - Evgeni Nabokov-NHL, Miikka Kiprusoff-AHL, Terry Friesen-WCHL and Johan Hedberg-IHL.

Nabokov also won the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s Rookie of the Year in 2001. In addition, Strelow’s other former pupils include 2003-2004 Vezina Trophy winner Martin Brodeur and ex-Sharks goaltender 2006 Vezina Trophy winner Kiprusoff (Calgary Flames), who made a point to acknowledge Strelow in his acceptance of the award last June.
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Sky04

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Great locker room guy by all accounts, just couldn't perform anymore.
 
Vancouver Canucks

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If he were set to retire in Tampa, I would've suggested a one-day symbolic contract signing by the Sharks to have him retire as a Shark, but it's good that he's brought to where he used to thrive during his long career in the NHL. Good on the Sharks organization, and good on Nabby.
 
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