Norm Maracle

Photo taken from nhl.com press photo. Reprinted without permission.

BORN: Belleville, Ontario, Canada, October 2, 1974.
HEIGHT: 5'9"
WEIGHT: 187. pounds.
CATCHES: Left.
LAST AMATEUR TEAM: Saskatoon Blades

Name pronounced MAIR-ih-kuhl

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WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"Quick, mobile stopper was top goalie in Canadian junior hockey in 1993-94. (Keith Gave, The Hockey News Future Watch 1995)

"The team is convinced Maracle can be an NHL goaltender. The only question is whether he'll play in Detroit, which already has Chris Osgood and Kevin Hodson. Maracle has excellent reflexes and a solid glove hand. "He has been our most valuable player in Adirondack last year and this year," [Detroit general manager Ken] Holland said. "He has almost developed into a franchise-type player at the AHL level. Now it's time to find out what he can do at the next level."" (Chuck Carlton, The Hockey News Future Watch 1998)

"In 1998-99, Maracle played well enough in Detroit to send Kevin Hodson packing and established himsef as the backup goalie. However, when the playoffs rolled around and Chris Osgood went down with an injury, it was veteran Bill Ranford who got the call. Maracle has a tendency to flop around in his crease. However, he also makes some saves that remind one of a certain Czech superstar. Maracle should back up Rhodes unless Schwab beats him out of the job, or until Langkow is ready." (The Sports Forecaster 1999-2000, p. 126)

"Rather small in size, Maracle counts on his quick reflexes to get by. Has enjoyed success everywhere he has played - but a wishy-washy defense didn't help his numbers in 1999-2000. Although he's had a few bouts with inconsistency, Maracle has proven he can play in the NHL - as a backup. If Maracle steps up to the challenge and becomes more consistent, it would be to firm up a position that currently seems shaky. (The Sports Forecaster 2000-01, p. 115)

"Maracle had a roller-coaster ride instead of a regular season in 2000-01. He was dispatched to the IHL early in training camp because of a lack of conditioning. Maracle fell as far down as fifth on the Thrashers' goaltending depth chart before mounting his improbable comeback within the organization. The acrobatic backstop turned his season - perhaps his career - around and wound up as Atlanta's top netminder by the end of the campaign. When he's on Maracle can steal a victory by himself. He has catlike quickness and a flair for the dramatic in goal. Unfortunately, his bad days are too frequent for the NHL. (The Sports Forecaster 2001-02, p. 117)

TRANSACTIONS:

ACCOLADES:

NHL PENALTY SHOTS:

DATE	SHOOTER	GOAL?	NOTES
03/18/2001	Andrew Cassels	N

REGULAR SEASON STATISTICS:

YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	T	OL	W%	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	G	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	GFA	S+/30	Z-SC	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL	VAR	BAV	AVG	AAV	SoS	OS%+
1990-91	Calgary North Stars	AMHL	16	29	1740						99	3.43
1991-92	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	17	29	1529	13	6	3		0.659	87	3.41			1	0	2	4
1992-93	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	18	53	2939	27	18	3		0.594	160	3.27			1	0	8	4
1993-94	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	19	56	3219	41	13	1		0.755	148	2.76			2	0	2	4
1994-95	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	20	39	1997	12	15	2		0.448	119	3.57	1144	0.896	0	0	2	4	34.4			0.13	0.5	5.1	22.3	0.521	15	14
1995-96	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	21	54	2949	24	18	6		0.563	135	2.75	1416	0.905	2	0	1	4	28.8			0.40	1.6	18.8	40.1	0.565	27	21
1996-97	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	22	68	3843	34	22	9		0.592	173	2.70	2062	0.916	5	0	3	4	32.2			0.53	2.6	36.2	67.1	0.594	39	26
1997-98	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	23	66	3709	27	29	8		0.484	190	3.07	2152	0.912	1	0	1	4	34.8			0.27	1.4	19.3	51.6	0.548	35	29
1997-98	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	23	4	178	2	0	1		0.833	6	2.02	63	0.905	0	0	0	0	21.2	34	3.91	-0.04	0.0	-0.1	0.9	0.492	1	2	0.12	0%	100%	0%	-0.19	-8.9%
1998-99	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	24	6	359	3	3	0		0.500	18	3.01	195	0.908	0	0	0	0	32.6			0.10	0.2	0.6	3.6	0.517	3	3
1998-99	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	24	16	821	6	5	2		0.538	31	2.27	379	0.918	0	0	0	0	27.7	38	2.95	0.31	0.7	4.0	9.7	0.560	7	6	0.63	23%	19%	58%	-0.07	-0.9%
1999-00	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	25	32	1618	4	19	2		0.200	94	3.49	852	0.890	1	0	0	0	31.6	34	1.72	-0.45	-1.5	-12.7	0.1	0.428	11	14	0.96	30%	51%	19%	-0.02	0.2%
2000-01	Orlando Solar Bears	IHL	26	51	2963	33	13	3	0	0.704	100	2.02	1331	0.925	8	0	2	0	27.0			0.54	2.3	24.0	44.0	0.606	30	19
2000-01	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	26	13	753	2	8	3		0.269	43	3.43	406	0.894	0	0	0	0	32.4	34	2.34	-0.28	-0.6	-3.7	2.3	0.455	6	7	0.64	31%	51%	18%	-0.13	-0.1%
2001-02	Chicago Wolves	AHL	27	51	2919	21	25	4		0.460	141	2.90	1498	0.906	3	0	2	9	30.8			-0.20	-0.9	-9.8	12.6	0.464	23	27
2001-02	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	27	1	60	0	1	0		0.000	3	3.00	20	0.850	0	0	0	0	20.0	34	0.00	-1.73	-0.9	-1.2	-0.9	0.274	0	1	0.00	100%	0%	0%	-0.13	4.8%
2002-03	Chicago Wolves	AHL	28	49	2795	22	18	6		0.543	134	2.88	1426	0.906	2	0	3	2	30.6			-0.12	-0.5	-5.6	15.8	0.479	22	24
2003-04	Magnitogorsk Metallurg	RUSSIA	29	46	2457						82	2.00	1098	0.925	8	0	1	2	26.8
2004-05	Omsk Avangard	RUSSIA	30	28												0	1	2
2005-06	Omsk Avangard	RUSSIA	31	44	2565						91	2.13	1089	0.909	5	0	1	2	25.5
2006-07	Omsk Avangard	RUSSIA	32	12												0	1	0
		NHL TOTALS		66	3430	14	33	8		0.327	177	3.10	1720	0.897	1	0	0	0	30.1					-13.7	12.1	0.466	26	29

POSTSEASON STATISTICS:

YEAR	TEAM	LEAGUE	AGE	GP	MIN	W	L	W%	GA	GAA	SA	SVPCT	ShO	G	A	PiM	S/60	UNI#	GFA	S+/30	Z-SC	GD	GAR	SNW%	SNW	SNL	VAR	BAV	AVG	AAV	SoS	OS%+
1991-92	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	17	15	860	9	5	0.643	37	3.38			0
1992-93	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	18	9	569	4	5	0.444	33	3.48			0
1993-94	Saskatoon Blades	WHL	19	16	940	11	5	0.688	48	3.06			1
1995-96	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	21	1	30	0	1	0.000	4	8.11			0	0	0	0
1996-97	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	22	4	192	1	3	0.250	10	3.13			1	0	0	0
1997-98	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL	23	3	180	0	3	0.000	10	3.33			0	0	0	0
1998-99	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	24	2	58	0	0		3	3.08	22	0.864	0	0	0	0	22.6	38	2.57	-1.54	-0.9	-1.1	-0.8	0.280	0	0	1.61	48%	0%	52%	0.22	19.4%
2000-01	Orlando Solar Bears	IHL	26	16	1003	12	4	0.750	37	2.21			1	0	0	0
2001-02	Chicago Wolves	AHL	27	2	55	0	1	0.000	4	4.36	22	0.818	0	0	0	0	24.0
2002-03	Chicago Wolves	AHL	28	8	462	3	4	0.429	17	2.21	201	0.915	1	0	0	0	26.1
2003-04	Magnitogorsk Metallurg	RUSSIA	29	14										0	0	0
		NHL TOTALS		2	58	0	0		3	3.08	22	0.864	0	0	0	0	22.6					-1.1	-0.8	0.280	0	0

NHL GAME LOGS:

DATE	DEC	MIN	SEC	SAVES	SHOTS	SCORE	OT	SOUT	OPP	LOC	GOALTENDERS	SUBSTITUTION
	Selected by Detroit Red Wings in National Hockey League entry draft, June 26, 1993.
03/12/1998						3-0		/	Chicago	Home	Hackett
03/14/1998	-	15	48	2	2	1-6		/	Philadelphia	Road	Hextall	Replaced Osgood
03/17/1998	W	60		28	31	4-3		/	Edmonton	Home	Essensa
03/18/1998	W	60		20	22	5-2		/	Toronto	Road	Potvin
03/21/1998						4-3		/	NY Rangers	Road	Richter
03/23/1998	T	43	39	11	12	5-5	OT	/	Chicago	Home	Terreri	Replaced Hodson
10/24/1998						3-0		/	Montreal	Road	Thibault
10/31/1998						2-3		/	Dallas	Road	Belfour
11/08/1998						3-2		/	Anaheim	Road	Hebert
11/11/1998						6-2		/	St. Louis	Home	McLennan, Parent
11/16/1998	-	15	11	3	3	3-5		/	Calgary	Road	Moss	Replaced Osgood, replaced by Osgood
11/21/1998	W	60		29	31	4-2		/	Vancouver	Road	Snow
11/25/1998	W	60		26	28	5-2		/	Anaheim	Home	Hebert
11/27/1998	W	60		19	20	7-1		/	Vancouver	Home	Snow, Hirsch
11/29/1998	W	60		19	20	4-1		/	San Jose	Home	Vernon
12/02/1998	L	60		26	30	2-4		/	Colorado	Road	Roy
12/04/1998	T	65		35	37	2-2	OT	/	San Jose	Road	Shields
12/08/1998						3-2		/	Chicago	Home	Fitzpatrick
12/11/1998						3-2		/	Edmonton	Home	Essensa
12/12/1998						0-3		/	Carolina	Road	Irbe
12/16/1998						5-3		/	Boston	Home	Dafoe
12/18/1998						1-3		/	Dallas	Home	Belfour
12/19/1998	L	59		29	31	1-4		/	Boston	Road	Dafoe
12/22/1998						2-6		/	Phoenix	Home	Khabibulin
12/23/1998	-	20		8	9	3-5		/	Nashville	Road	Vokoun	Replaced Osgood
12/26/1998						3-4		/	St. Louis	Road	Fuhr
12/28/1998	T	65		28	32	4-4	OT	/	St. Louis	Home	Fuhr
12/31/1998						2-4		/	Toronto	Home	Joseph
01/02/1999						5-2		/	Chicago	Home	Thibault
01/03/1999						3-1		/	Chicago	Road	Thibault
01/06/1999						0-2		/	Ottawa	Home	Tugnutt
01/09/1999						3-2		/	Colorado	Home	Denis
01/10/1999						1-4		/	Ottawa	Road	Tugnutt
01/12/1999						5-1		/	Montreal	Home	Hackett, Chabot
01/14/1999						2-1	OT	/	Nashville	Home	Vokoun
01/16/1999						2-2	OT	/	Vancouver	Road	Snow
01/17/1999	-	20		2	2	1-4		/	Edmonton	Road	Essensa	Replaced Osgood
01/19/1999	L	60		30	33	1-3		/	Calgary	Road	Brathwaite
02/03/1999	W	42	32	19	20	5-1		/	NY Islanders	Home	Salo	Replaced Hodson
02/05/1999						1-3		/	Colorado	Home	Roy
02/07/1999						1-2		/	Pittsburgh	Road	Barrasso
02/19/1999						3-1		/	New Jersey	Home	Terreri
03/07/1999						1-3		/	Anaheim	Road	Hebert
03/12/1999	L	60		32	34	0-2		/	San Jose	Road	Shields
03/14/1999	W	60		21	22	3-1		/	Colorado	Road	Roy
03/17/1999	L	60		23	27	3-4		/	Phoenix	Home	Shtalenkov
03/21/1999						4-5		/	Philadelphia	Road	Vanbiesbrouck
03/24/1999						2-1		/	Buffalo	Home	Roloson
03/26/1999						6-1		/	Tampa Bay	Home	Schwab, Hodson
03/31/1999						2-1		/	Los Angeles	Home	Fiset
04/02/1999						5-3		/	Chicago	Home	Fitzpatrick
04/05/1999						3-2		/	Anaheim	Home	Hebert
04/07/1999						6-1		/	Vancouver	Home	Weekes
04/09/1999						1-1	OT	/	St. Louis	Road	Fuhr
04/14/1999						4-2		/	Nashville	Home	Dunham
05/07/1999						3-2	OT	/	Colorado	Road	Roy
05/09/1999						4-0		/	Colorado	Road	Roy
05/11/1999	-	34	55	12	12	3-5		/	Colorado	Home	Roy	Replaced Ranford
05/13/1999	-	25	56	8	11	2-6		/	Colorado	Home	Roy	Replaced Ranford
	Selected by Atlanta Thrashers in National Hockey League expansion draft, June 25, 1999.
10/02/1999						1-4		/	New Jersey	Home	Brodeur
10/07/1999	L	60		32	39	1-7		/	Detroit	Home	Osgood, Wregget
10/09/1999						5-5	OT	/	Buffalo	Home	Hasek, Roloson
10/14/1999						2-0		/	NY Islanders	Road	Potvin
10/16/1999						4-4	OT	/	Tampa Bay	Road	Cloutier, Hodson
10/17/1999	L	59		23	26	1-4		/	NY Rangers	Road	Richter
10/23/1999						2-3	OT	/	Colorado	Home	Roy
10/26/1999						2-1		/	Calgary	Home	Fuhr
10/27/1999						0-4		/	Toronto	Road	Healy
10/31/1999						4-6		/	Ottawa	Home	Lalime
12/03/1999	W	60		25	26	2-1		/	Florida	Home	Kidd
12/04/1999	W	60		34	37	4-3		/	NY Islanders	Road	Potvin
12/06/1999	L	62	26	19	23	3-4	OT	/	Nashville	Home	Dunham
12/08/1999	L	60		37	41	0-4		/	Los Angeles	Road	Storr
12/10/1999						1-4		/	San Jose	Road	Shields
12/12/1999	L	59		32	35	1-4		/	Anaheim	Road	Roussel
12/15/1999	-	44	47	25	26	0-4		/	Washington	Home	Kolzig	Replaced Langkow
12/17/1999	L	60		27	30	1-3		/	Boston	Home	Dafoe
12/18/1999	L	60		23	27	2-4		/	Carolina	Road	Irbe, Fichaud
12/22/1999	T	65		30	33	3-3	OT	/	Florida	Road	Shtalenkov
12/23/1999	-	3	40	2	4	4-4	OT	/	Philadelphia	Road	Boucher	Replaced by Fankhouser
12/26/1999	W	60		21	24	6-3		/	Tampa Bay	Home	Hodson
12/27/1999						2-3	OT	/	Detroit	Road	Wregget
12/30/1999	L	60		31	37	0-6		/	Nashville	Road	Vokoun
01/01/2000						2-4		/	Carolina	Home	Irbe
01/04/2000						5-4		/	Buffalo	Road	Biron
01/06/2000						3-1		/	Washington	Home	Kolzig
01/08/2000						0-3		/	Washington	Road	Kolzig
01/12/2000						2-5		/	Washington	Home	Kolzig
01/14/2000	W	60		26	26	1-0		/	Philadelphia	Home	Boucher
01/16/2000	-	6	41	3	6	3-6		/	NY Rangers	Road	Richter	Replaced by Fankhouser
01/17/2000						3-3	OT	/	Boston	Road	Dafoe
01/19/2000						3-4		/	Boston	Home	Dafoe
01/21/2000	T	65		37	40	3-3	OT	/	Florida	Home	Shtalenkov
01/24/2000	L	24	30	11	16	3-6		/	NY Rangers	Home	McLean	Replaced by Fankhouser
01/27/2000						1-4		/	Pittsburgh	Road	Aubin
01/29/2000	L	60		27	29	1-2		/	Tampa Bay	Road	Cloutier
01/31/2000						1-2	OT	/	Pittsburgh	Home	Barrasso
02/02/2000	L	60		18	20	1-2		/	Dallas	Road	Fernandez
02/03/2000						3-6		/	NY Rangers	Home	Richter
02/09/2000	L	60		23	28	2-5		/	Pittsburgh	Road	Barrasso, Aubin
02/11/2000						0-3		/	San Jose	Home	Shields
02/12/2000	L	60		21	25	3-4		/	Chicago	Home	Thibault
02/15/2000	-	19	29	9	9	1-4		/	St. Louis	Road	McLennan	Replaced Fankhouser
02/16/2000						1-5		/	Montreal	Home	Hackett
02/20/2000	L	60		35	39	2-4		/	Phoenix	Road	Burke
02/22/2000						4-3		/	Colorado	Road	Denis
02/25/2000						4-5		/	Edmonton	Road	Salo
02/26/2000	L	40		25	28	2-5		/	Calgary	Road	Brathwaite	Replaced by Langkow
02/29/2000						0-4		/	Toronto	Home	Healy
03/02/2000	L	59		29	33	2-5		/	St. Louis	Home	McLennan
03/04/2000						2-3		/	Ottawa	Road	Lalime
03/06/2000	L	60		35	38	2-3		/	Montreal	Road	Hackett
03/10/2000	-	29	33	16	19	0-9		/	New Jersey	Home	Brodeur	Replaced Rhodes
03/12/2000						1-5		/	Carolina	Road	Irbe
03/13/2000	L	60		27	30	0-3		/	Edmonton	Home	Salo
03/16/2000						2-4		/	NY Islanders	Home	Valiquette
03/18/2000						4-1		/	Toronto	Road	Joseph
03/21/2000	-	40	46	18	19	1-7		/	Ottawa	Road	Barrasso	Replaced Rhodes, replaced by Rhodes, replaced Rhodes
03/22/2000						1-1	OT	/	Montreal	Home	Hackett
03/24/2000						3-5		/	Pittsburgh	Home	Aubin
03/26/2000						1-4		/	Los Angeles	Home	Fiset
03/28/2000						2-5		/	Washington	Road	Kolzig
03/29/2000						2-3		/	Phoenix	Home	Burke
03/31/2000						0-6		/	New Jersey	Road	Brodeur
04/02/2000						5-4		/	NY Islanders	Home	Weekes
04/04/2000						3-5		/	Philadelphia	Home	Boucher
04/06/2000	L	59		23	25	1-3		/	Philadelphia	Road	Vanbiesbrouck
04/08/2000	-	30	23	14	14	3-4		/	Carolina	Home	Irbe	Replaced Rhodes
04/09/2000						1-2		/	Carolina	Road	Irbe
02/27/2001	T	65		28	29	1-1	OT	/	Carolina	Home	Irbe
03/02/2001	W	60		36	39	4-3		/	Florida	Road	Kidd
03/03/2001	T	65		41	43	2-2	OT	/	Florida	Home	Luongo
03/06/2001	L	59		24	28	2-4		/	Colorado	Home	Aebischer
03/08/2001	L	59	16	18	22	3-5		/	Pittsburgh	Home	Aubin
03/10/2001	W	59	43	40	45	7-5		/	Boston	Road	Grahame, Skudra
03/11/2001	T	65		31	34	3-3	OT	/	Calgary	Home	Brathwaite
03/14/2001	L	23	17	14	17	1-8		/	Ottawa	Road	Lalime	Replaced by Hnilicka, replaced Hnilicka
03/16/2001	L	59		24	26	0-3		/	Columbus	Home	Tugnutt
03/18/2001	L	59		30	34	3-5		/	Vancouver	Home	Cloutier
03/21/2001	L	59	11	28	32	3-4		/	Tampa Bay	Home	Weekes
03/22/2001						2-0		/	Tampa Bay	Road	Weekes
03/24/2001						3-2		/	Montreal	Road	Theodore
03/26/2001						0-4		/	Buffalo	Home	Hasek
03/28/2001	L	59	36	25	29	2-4		/	New Jersey	Home	Brodeur
03/30/2001	L	59	58	24	28	0-4		/	Buffalo	Road	Hasek
11/10/2001	L	59	58	17	20	0-3		/	Washington	Road	Kolzig

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