Cristobal Huet

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Cristobal Huet
Date of birth 3rd September 1975
place of birth Saint-Martin-d'Hères , France
size 183 cm
Weight 93 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 39
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2001 , 7th round, 214th position
Los Angeles Kings
Career stations
1994-1998 CSG Grenoble
1998-2002 HC Lugano
2002-2004 Los Angeles Kings
2004-2005 Adler Mannheim
2005-2007 Montréal Canadiens
2007-2008 Washington Capitals
2008-2010 Chicago Blackhawks
2010–2012 Friborg-Gottéron
2012-2018 Lausanne HC

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / country code 2

Cristobal Huet (born September 3, 1975 in Saint-Martin-d'Hères ) is a former French - Swiss ice hockey goalkeeper and today's coach who won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks in 2010 , was Swiss champion with HC Lugano in 1999 and was several times was named the best goalkeeper in the Swiss National League .

Career

Huet in the jersey of the Washington Capitals
Cribstobal Huet at the Stanley Cup Victory Celebration (2010)

Huet was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the seventh round in 214th place in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft . He plays in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks and is also the goalkeeper of the French national ice hockey team . For this he has already participated in two Olympic Winter Games ( 1998 in Nagano and 2002 in Salt Lake City ) and five ice hockey world championships (1997 to 2001).

During his time at HC Lugano in Switzerland , he was voted goalkeeper of the year twice in the 1999/2000 and 2000/01 seasons. On February 20, 2003, he celebrated his NHL debut against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Los Angeles Kings goal , just under a month later, on March 15, he was able to record his first shutout in the game against the Carolina Hurricanes . On February 5 and 6, 2006, he was able to celebrate two shutouts in a row within 24 hours. Huet is only the second French NHL player ever.

During the 2004/05 NHL season ( lockout ) he played for Adler Mannheim in the German Ice Hockey League . He got the Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award for the goalkeeper with the best catch quota after the 2005/06 NHL season . During the 2006/07 season he was able to assert himself as number one in Montréal and his good performance in the first half of the season led to his being invited to the 2007 NHL All-Star Game . Then he and the Canadiens weakened. In mid-February 2007 he suffered an injury to his ankle and was not fit again by the end of the season, which the Canadiens ended without participating in the playoffs.

In the 2007/08 season Huet showed again good performances, but had to compete with young goalkeeper Carey Price at times . On the last day of the transfer window, Huet was transferred to the Washington Capitals . After they signed another goalkeeper with a regular seat claim in the summer of 2008 with José Théodore , the Frenchman did not extend his contract and moved to the Chicago Blackhawks . In the 2009/10 season he won the Stanley Cup with Chicago , where he was used in the play-offs only 20 minutes.

In the summer of 2010, the Hawks had to give up some players due to the NHL salary limit and were looking for a new employer for Huet. Friborg-Gottéron expressed interest in a commitment from Huet, while Sébastien Caron moved to the KHL. At the end of September, Huet, the Blackhawks and Gottéron accepted a loan contract for the 2010/11 season , so that Huet's salary, which is not fully borne by the Swiss club, does not have to be used to calculate the salary cap.

In October 2010 Huet received a Swiss passport after having been married to a Valaisian woman for seven years .

Huet's goal was to play in the NHL again for the 2011/12 season, but no club wanted him, so he stayed at HC Friborg-Gottéron for another season. In August 2012 Huet signed a four-year contract with Lausanne HC from the National League B , with which he achieved promotion to the National League A in 2013 .

He ended his career in March 2018 and then became a goalkeeping coach at Lausanne HC.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP GA SO ATM SV% GP GA SO ATM SV%
1998/99 HC Lugano NLA 21st 58 1 2.73 10 18th 1 1.72
1999/00 HC Lugano NLA 31 50 8th 1.59 13 29 0 2.22
2000/01 HC Lugano NLA 39 77 6th 1.95 18th 39 2 2.05
2001/02 HC Lugano NLA 39 107 4th 2.78 1 3 0 3.00
2002/03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 12 21st 1 2.33 .913 - - - - -
2002/03 Manchester monarchs AHL 30th 68 1 2.29 .922 1 4th 0 8.00 .778
2003/04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 41 89 3 2.43 .907 - - - - -
2004/05 Adler Mannheim DEL 36 93 1 2.79 .915 14th 40 2 2.82 .919
2005/06 Montréal Canadiens NHL 36 77 7th 2.20 .929 6th 15th 0 2.33 .929
2005/06 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 4th 15th 0 3.80 .862 - - - - -
2006/07 Montréal Canadiens NHL 42 107 2 2.81 .916 - - - - -
2007/08 Montréal Canadiens NHL 39 97 2 2.55 .916 - - - - -
Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 52 118 4th 2.32 .920 - - - - -
Washington Capitals NHL 13 21st 4th 1.63 .936 7th 22nd 0 2.93 .909
2008/09 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 41 99 3 2.53 .909 3 7th 0 3.23 .910
2009/10 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 48 114 4th 2.50 .895 1 0 0 0.00 1,000
2010/11 HC Friborg-Gottéron NLA 41 117 4th 2.86 4th 18th 0 5.07
2011/12 HC Friborg-Gottéron NLA 41 82 6th 2.10 11 28 1 2.55
NLA total 212 491 29 2.32 57 135 3 2.37
DEL total 36 93 1 2.79 .915 14th 40 2 2.82 .919
AHL total 34 83 1 2.48 .915 1 4th 0 8.00 .778
NHL overall 272 625 24 2.46 .913 11 44 0 2.67 .918

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ hockeyfans.ch, Cristobal Huet receives Swiss passport
  2. ↑ sda / boe: After 24 years - Huet takes off his hat. In: srf.ch. March 23, 2018, accessed September 14, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Huet, Cristobal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French-Swiss ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd September 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Martin-d'Hères , France