These Athletes Forced Their Sports To Change The Rules

Published on November 4, 2019 By Jason Albert

Martin Brodeur

Martin Brodeur was famously a hockey goalkeeper who rarely stayed in front of his goal. Due to his incredible skills, the league decided it wasn’t fair to let him play the puck behind the net, so Brodeur came up with an alternative.

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He mastered the dump and chase whereby he would hit the puck back towards the corners and chase after it to set up plays. The move completely terrorized other teams and the league decided to rule out any goalie who handled the puck behind the net.