Maxime Daigneault Maxime Daigneault ( born January 23 , 1984 ) is a professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the Windsor Wild of the LNAH . In 2001 Daigneault won the Hap Emms Memorial Trophy which is awarded to the outstanding goaltender at the Memorial Cup of the Canadian Hockey League . Maxime Daigneault was selected by Washington Capitals in the second round ( # 59 overall ) of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft . He is a is a big , aggressive goalie who plays at the top of his crease and likes to challenge the shooter . He is known to play his angles well and is always square to the shooter . Daigneault anticipates the play well and is very effective in traffic . He has quick lateral movement and is very strong in his stance . In six years as a professional goalie Daigneault has played in both the AHL and the ECHL . He played the 2009 - 10 season in LNAH the with the Sherbrooke Saint - François . Playing career . Junior . Maxime Daigneault became a goalie at age six . His decision was influenced by his father ( who played goal ) and because he liked the equipment , especially the decorated masks . By the time he was 15 he had begun to attract media attention , and in 2000 ( at the age of 16 ) Daigneault became the first goalie ever to be the number one draft choice in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League ( QMJHL ) draft . His rookie year in the QMJHL went very well . He became the starting goaltender for the Val - d ' Or Foreurs , appearing in 28 games and posting a 3 . 55 goals - against average . The Foreurs successfully advanced to the 2001 Memorial Cup final , and although they lost their final game , Daigneault was named the top goaltender of the tournament . Over the next two seasons in the QMJHL Daigneault continued to showcase his strong play by posting five shutouts and lowering his goals against average . On 20 June 2002 , Daigneault and his family were in attendance at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto when he heard his name announced as the 59th selection in the NHL ’ s 2002 amateur draft . Chosen by the Washington Capitals , Daigneault attended the Washington training camp in the fall of 2002 , but returned to Val - d ' Or for his final two seasons of eligibility in the junior league . Professional . Daigneault signed with the Capitals in the fall of 2004 , and started the season in the American Hockey League ( AHL ) with the Portland Pirates . He played in 11 AHL games before being sent to the ECHL to play with the South Carolina Stingrays . On December 30 , 2004 Daigneault received the call up to the Washington Capitals that he had been waiting for . He dressed for two NHL games as the backup goaltender ( one against the Philadelphia Flyers and the other against the Atlanta Thrashers ) but did not get the opportunity to play before being returned to the Stingrays on 2 January 2005 . Later Daigneault told sports writer Jon C . Scott of the experience saying that he would have loved to have played in an NHL game for " “ even on minute ” " but that even " “ just being there was a dream come true . ” " Daigneault stayed with the South Carolina Stingrays for the majority of the 2005 - 06 season , but he also saw three games in the AHL with the Hershey Bears . He went on to play with the Hershey Bears for all of the 2006 – 07 AHL season . Daigneault split the 2007 - 08 season between the AHL ’ s Milwaukee Admirals and the ECHL ’ s Cincinnati Cyclones , and played the 2008 - 09 season again in both leagues with the AHL ’ s Hartford Wolf Pack and the ECHL ’ s Charlotte Checkers . He moved back to his native Quebec for the 2009 - 10 season where he played in the LNAH with the Sherbrooke Saint - François .