Been a few discussions about Marty on the boards, now he's the all-time NHL minutes leader. What a career.
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BOSTON (Reuters) - New Jersey Devils goaltender Martin Brodeur became the NHL's all-time minutes leader during his team's 2-1 shootout win against the Boston Bruins on Friday.
Canadian Brodeur overhauled Patrick Roy's mark of 60,235 minutes played early in the second period before ending the game with a career total of 60,275, according to the National Hockey League's official website (NHL.com).
"That was nice," the 37-year-old told the website.
"You can tell it's a real hockey place here, and even though they're not Devils fans or Marty Brodeur fans, I think they recognize some of the stuff and what's going on in hockey.
"Around the League, when you (reach) milestones people have a lot of respect, even though after it's over they're going to boo you for sure."
New Jersey's Zach Parise opened the scoring in the second period before Blake Wheeler made it 1-1 in the third.
Parise and Jamie Langenbrunner scored for the Devils in the shootout after Brodeur had sent the game into overtime by denying Marc Savard in the final seconds on a point-blank shot.
"I was trying to battle real hard and be competitive," said Brodeur, who has more career wins than any other NHL goalie.
"I think this team, with their shots, there's always a guy going to the net and so they have a lot of traffic.
"I just wanted to make sure I was in good position all the time. I'm making the first save, guys are there to recover rebounds and that makes my life a lot easier."
Brodeur has long been recognized as the NHL's top goaltender with a resume boasting an Olympic gold medal from the 2002 Winter Games and three Stanley Cups.
New Jersey's win, sealed when Langenbrunner skated in and fired a shot past Tuukka Rask in the third round of the penalty-shot tiebreaker, snapped Boston's four-game winning streak.
