Martin Biron

Martin Biron
Martin Biron

Biron, currently a member of the New York Rangers.
Born August 15, 1977 (1977-08-15) (age 34)
Lac-Saint-Charles, QC, CAN
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NHL team
Former teams
New York Rangers
Buffalo Sabres
Philadelphia Flyers
New York Islanders
National team  Canada
NHL Draft 16th overall, 1995
Buffalo Sabres
Playing career 1996present

Martin Gaston Biron (born August 15, 1977) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has also played professionally for the Buffalo Sabres, Philadelphia Flyers, and New York Islanders. His younger brother Mathieu plays for the Hamburg Freezers of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).

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Playing career

Buffalo Sabres

Biron started his hockey career on the Beauport Harfangs of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). He was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres in the first round of the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, 16th overall. He got his first NHL start for the Buffalo Sabres in the 199596 season. After posting a 5.04 goals against average, with zero wins and two losses, he was sent back to the QMJHL to improve. After the 200001 season, he was a consistent goaltender for the Sabres as his play in the crease improved drastically.

Martin Biron in goal for Buffalo.

Biron, along with Rob Ray and Dominik Hašek, was one of the three Sabres against whom, in three consecutive years, the NHL made a specific rule. After NHL statisticians discovered a bug in their new stat-tracking software, the "Biron rule" restricted jersey numbers to whole numbers between 1 and 99 (later limited to numbers between 1 and 98 after the league-wide retirement of number 99 for Wayne Gretzky). Biron was the only NHL player affected as only he wore "00" at the time. (Goaltender John Davidson also wore 00 during his playing career, without rebuke, at various points in his playing career between 1973 and 1983.) Upon his return to the NHL three seasons later, Biron switched to number 43, a number he has worn ever since. Biron has always been a fan favorite in Buffalo.

Philadelphia Flyers

Martin Biron in goal for Philadelphia

After losing the number one goaltending job to youngster Ryan Miller, Biron requested a trade from the Sabres on June 26, 2006, in an effort to receive more playing time. Finally, on February 27, 2007, the Sabres traded Biron to the Philadelphia Flyers for a second round draft pick.[1]

On March 27, 2007, Biron signed a two-year, $7 million contract extension with the Flyers to be the starting goalie in Philadelphia. After appearing in 62 games and recording 30 wins in the 200708 season, he led the Flyers to the Eastern Conference Finals, losing in five games to the Eastern Conference champion Pittsburgh Penguins. He appeared in 55 games for the Flyers in the 2008-09 NHL Season, winning 29 and helping the Flyers to the 5th overall seed in the Eastern Conference.

New York Islanders

Biron with the Islanders

On July 1, 2009, Biron entered free agency. He was soon left in a difficult position after the Flyers signed goaltenders Ray Emery and Brian Boucher, while other teams quickly filled up their goaltending roster needs. Biron soon signed a one-year, $1.4 million contract with the New York Islanders on July 22, 2009,[2] joining goaltenders Dwayne Roloson and Rick DiPietro. In 29 appearances, Biron recorded 9 wins to go with 14 losses and 4 overtime losses, with a 3.27 goals against average and .896 save percentage. The Islanders did not qualify for the post-season.

New York Rangers

On July 1, 2010, Biron signed a two-year, $1.75 million deal with the New York Rangers, where he prepared to back up Swedish starter Henrik Lundqvist. Biron is one of four players in NHL history to skate for all three teams based in the state of New York. The others were Mike Donnelly and former teammates Jason Dawe and Pat LaFontaine, Biron will have played almost his entire career in the state of New York, except for a brief 2 1/2-year stint with the Philadelphia Flyers.

On February 28, 2011, Biron fractured his collarbone during practice, and was forced to miss the remainder of the 20102011 season. While Biron played the shortest number of games (17) since his second NHL season in 1998-99, he posted career highs in save percentage (.923) and goals against average (2.13).[3][dated info]

Awards

  • QMJHL All-Rookie Team (1995)
  • Canadian Major Junior First All-Star Team (1995)
  • Canadian Major Junior Goaltender of the Year (1995)
  • AHL First All-Star Team (1999)
  • Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award (fewest goals against - AHL) (1999) (shared with Tom Draper)
  • Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award (Outstanding Goaltender - AHL) (1999)

Career statistics

Regular season

Season Team League GP W L T OTL MIN GA SO GAA SV%
199495 Beauport Harfangs QMJHL 56 29 16 9 3193 132 3 2.48
199596 Beauport Harfangs QMJHL 55 29 17 7 3207 150 1 2.84 .897
199596 Buffalo Sabres NHL 3 0 2 0 119 10 0 5.04 .844
199697 Beauport Harfangs QMJHL 18 6 10 1 935 62 1 3.98 .895
199697 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 16 11 4 1 972 43 2 2.65 .915
199798 South Carolina Stingrays ECHL 2 0 1 1 86 3 0 2.09 .929
199798 Rochester Americans AHL 41 14 18 6 2312 113 5 2.93 .907
199899 Buffalo Sabres NHL 6 1 2 1 281 10 0 2.14 .917
199899 Rochester Americans AHL 52 36 13 3 3129 108 6 2.07 .930
199900 Rochester Americans AHL 6 6 0 0 344 12 1 2.09 .924
199900 Buffalo Sabres NHL 41 19 18 2 2229 90 5 2.42 .909
200001 Rochester Americans AHL 4 3 1 0 239 4 1 1.00 .955
200001 Buffalo Sabres NHL 18 7 7 1 918 39 2 2.55 .909
200102 Buffalo Sabres NHL 72 31 28 10 4085 151 4 2.22 .915
200203 Buffalo Sabres NHL 54 17 28 6 3170 135 4 2.56 .908
200304 Buffalo Sabres NHL 52 26 18 5 2921 125 2 2.52 .913
200506 Buffalo Sabres NHL 35 21 8 3 1934 93 1 2.88 .905
200607 Buffalo Sabres NHL 19 12 4 1 1066 54 0 3.04 .899
200607 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 16 6 8 2 935 47 0 3.02 .908
200708 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 62 30 20 9 3539 153 5 2.59 .918
200809 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 55 29 19 5 3176 146 2 2.75 .915
200910 New York Islanders NHL 29 9 14 4 1634 89 1 3.27 .896
200910 Bridgeport Sound Tigers AHL 2 1 1 0 124 7 0 3.39 .903
201011 New York Rangers NHL 17 8 6 0 928 33 0 2.13 .923
NHL totals 479 216 182 25 24 26986 1175 26 2.61 .911

Playoffs

Season Team League GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
199495 Beauport Harfangs QMJHL 16 8 7 900 37 4 2.47
199596 Beauport Harfangs QMJHL 19 12 7 1134 64 0 3.39
199697 Hull Olympiques QMJHL 6 3 1 325 19 0 3.51
199798 Rochester Americans AHL 4 1 3 239 16 0 4.01 .885
199899 Rochester Americans AHL 20 12 8 1167 42 1 2.16 .934
200708 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 17 9 8 1048 52 1 2.97 .904
200809 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 6 2 4 375 16 1 2.56 .919
NHL totals 23 11 10 1423 68 2 2.87 .908

International

Year Team Event   GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1997 Canada WJC 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00 .000
2003 Canada WC Selected, but did not play
Senior int'l totals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000

See also

  • Notable families in the NHL

References

  1. ^ "Sabres deal Biron to Flyers, get Conklin". Canadian Press. 2007-02-27. http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=197883&hubname=nhl=. Retrieved 2007-02-28. 
  2. ^ "Isles sign goalie Martin Biron to a one-year deal". National Hockey League. 2009-07-22. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=451178. Retrieved 2009-07-22. 
  3. ^ Klein, Jeff Z. (February 28, 2011). "At Deadline, Rangers Are Unable to Fill Sudden Need". NY Times online. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/01/sports/hockey/01trades.html. Retrieved March 1, 2011. 

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Preceded by
Jay McKee
Buffalo Sabres first round draft pick
1995
Succeeded by
Erik Rasmussen

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