Patrick Lalime

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NOTES:

A splufty new renovated page with better organization is in the works!!
Patrick is currently playing (quite well!) with the Ottawa Senators. He is (as of early December, 2000) rated second in the NHL in Goals Against.
New pictures of Lalime with the Griffins coming soon!
A ball park in St. Bonaventure, Canada, was renamed Parc Patrick Lalime!
A special Bienvenue to Patrick's family if they find this site. (Thanks, Alain!)
Send me email. skkelly@mit.edu. Or see my Home Page!

The Rookie Wall

This page is dedicated to my crease hero, a guy a year younger, only a wee bit bigger, and a helluva lot better in the crease than I am. IMHO, Lalime is the most underrated goalie in existence.

Vital Stats

Height: 6 feet, 3 inches (He grew an inch? Must be that Ottawa air)
Weight: 185 pounds
DOB: July 7, 1974
Birthplace: St. Bonaventure, Canada
Marital Status: Married: Marie-Helene (Sorry, ladies)

2000-2001 Goalie Stats (as of December 6, 2000)

Games / Minutes: 15 / 902
GAA: 1.93
Record: 9-5-1
Shutouts: 2
Goals/Shots Against: 29 / 416
Save %: .930
Honors:
- NHL.comPlayer of the week, 12/04/00, his second such honor.

NHL Career Goalie Stats, as of summer 2000

Games / Minutes: 77 / 4097
GAA: 2.64
Record: 40-26-5
Shutouts: 6
Goals Against:180
Honors:
- NHL Rookie of the Month, December 1996 AND January, 1997!
- Penguins 1997 Rookie of the Year
- Record for longest unbeaten streak at the beginning of an NHL career!
- NHL Player of the Week (mid January, 1997)
- Led the ESPNet's mid-season poll for the 1997 Calder Trophy.
- 1997 NHL Rookie All-Star Team

Lalime's Penguin Mask

What is it?? Click to find out!

Latest Pens Game - 2000

It was light-up night at the Igloo on December 27th as Mario joined the lineup to light up CuJo's red light 5 times in a Garth Snow shutout (with a little help from his goalposts).

Lalime's Latest Game

Patrick stopped 33 of 37 in a 4-2 loss to his old Penguin comrades on December 5.

Called up from Cleveland on November 13, 1996 to replace sidelined Tom Barrasso, Lalime earned the NHL's Rookie of the Month honors for December by earning 2 shutouts, a .941 save percentage, and a 1.50 GAA in 9 games. He was also named Rookie of the Month for January, 1997, making him the first back-to-back winner since the 1991-92 season. Saint Patrick took over for Wregget after a hamstring injury in the Canadiens game. In that game, Lalime's only non-win, Wregget allowed 3 goals before getting injured, then Lalime held off the Habs while the Penguins racked up 3 in the third for the tie.

Click on these graphics to see larger versions.

Lalime's goals against average and save percentage for the regular season put him in the upper portion of the NHL. All of Pittsburgh (and St. Bonaventure!) is waiting to see how the rest of his NHL career will unfold.

Some links:

Goalies / Hockey

The Goaltender Home Page (Jered)
Rick's Goaltender Home Page.
The Painted Warrior Home Page (Dennis Simone).
Hockey is Life with a special page about The Stopper. "Thank God for the Stopper."
Back to my home page.

Penguins

Let's Go Pens page.
Greta's Lalime page, part of her Jagr page.
Kelli's Nedved Zone.
The official Pittsburgh Penguins Home Page, which now (finally!) lists Lalime!
Pittsburgh Tribune Review Pens Page.
Eric's Pittsburgh Sports Arena page.
Toki's Pens page.
Chris Rozkowski's Penguins Fanatic homepage.
Ian's Penguins page.
Mario Lemieux's Kingdom.
Pengman66 Hockey page.
Penguin040's Pens Place.

Lalime If anyone knows of any other graphics of Lalime, please email me, Shawn Kelly, at skkelly@mit.edu. Also email me any comments, or just drop a note to say "Hi."