Cristobal Huet

Cristobal Huet
Huet with the Blackhawks in 2009
Born (1975-09-03) September 3, 1975 (age 49)
Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
NL team
Former teams		 Lausanne HC
Los Angeles Kings
Montreal Canadiens
Washington Capitals
Chicago Blackhawks
HC Lugano
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
National team  France
NHL Draft 214th overall, 2001
Los Angeles Kings
Playing career 1994–present

Cristobal Huet (born January 13, 1973 in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France) is a professional French ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Fribourg-Gottéron of the Swiss National League A, on loan from the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL. He is the first netminder and second player overall from France to play in the NHL.

In 2010 He won a Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks making him the first French-born NHL player to win a Stanley Cup although he was replaced from his starting goalie position by Antti Niemi.

Career statistics

Regular season

   
Season Team League GP W L T OT MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2002–03 Manchester Monarchs AHL 30 16 8 5 - 1784 68 1 2.29 .922
2002–03 Los Angeles Kings NHL 12 4 4 1 - 541 21 1 2.33 .913
2003–04 Los Angeles Kings NHL 41 10 16 10 - 2199 89 3 2.43 .907
2005–06 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 4 0 4 - - 237 15 0 3.79 .862
2005–06 Montreal Canadiens NHL 36 18 11 - 4 2102 77 7 2.20 .929
2006–07 Montreal Canadiens NHL 42 19 16 - 3 2286 107 2 2.81 .916
2007–08 Montreal Canadiens NHL 39 21 12 - 6 2278 97 2 2.55 .916
2007–08 Washington Capitals NHL 13 11 2 - 0 771 21 2 1.63 .936
2008–09 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 41 20 15 - 4 2351 99 3 2.53 .909
2009–10 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 48 26 14 - 4 2731 114 4 2.50 .895
NHL totals 272 129 90 11 21 15261 625 24 2.46 .913

Playoffs

   
Season Team League GP W L MIN GA SA GAA SV%
2005–06 Manchester Monarchs AHL 1 0 1 30 4 18 8.08 .778
2005–06 Montreal Canadiens NHL 6 2 4 385 15 212 2.33 .929
2007–08 Washington Capitals NHL 7 3 4 451 22 242 2.90 .909
2008–09 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 3 1 2 130 7 78 3.23 .910
NHL totals 16 6 10 967 44 532 2.73 .917

International statistics

Year Team Comp GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV%
1998 France Oly 2 1 1 0 120 5 0 2.50 .925
1999 France IIHF 1 - - - 60 6 0 6.00 .714
2000 France IIHF 4 - - - 239 11 0 2.76 .892
2002 France Oly 3 0 2 1 179 10 0 3.36 .884
2004 France IIHF 4 0 3 1 198 17 0 5.25 .851
2008 France IIHF 5 2 3 0 250 15 0 3.60 .911

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