Chris Osgood, born November 26, 1972 in. He spent the first part of his career with Detroit, and then played for the New York Islanders and the St. Louis Blues during his 14-year NHL career before returning to Detroit in 2005. He has won three Stanley Cup championships in his career, all with the Red Wings, with two of them coming while he was a starting goaltender. He is the last NHL goalie to wear a player’s helmet/cage combo instead of a normal goalie mask. On August 8, 2005, Detroit brought Osgood back with a one-year, $900,000 contract. Midway through game 4 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Playoffs Chris Osgood was named starter for game 5, with him playing the Red Wings won their next nine-playoff games in a row. In game one and two of the Stanley Cup Finals, Osgood had back-to-back shutouts, making him the fourth goalie in NHL history to start the Finals with back-to-back shutouts. Between the two games, he made a total of 41 saves. His save as time expired in Game Six sealed the Stanley Cup win for the Red Wings and for Osgood, who won his second championship as starting goaltender.
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