Wade Dubielewicz Wade Roger Dubielewicz ( born January 30 , 1979 ) , is a Canadian ice hockey goaltender , who last played for the Cologne Sharks ( Kölner Haie ) in Germany for the 2010 - 2011 season . He has played for three National Hockey League ( NHL ) teams during his career : the Columbus Blue Jackets , Minnesota Wild and the New York Islanders . Playing career . After tending goal for four years at the University of Denver , Dubielewicz was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Islanders on May 26 , 2003 . He joined the Islanders ' American Hockey League ( AHL ) affiliate , the Bridgeport Sound Tigers , where he became a fan favorite at the Arena at Harbor Yard , home of the Tigers . " Dubie " holds numerous AHL league records that still stand as of 2009 . He holds the AHL / Sound Tigers records for most shutout s ( 15 ) and win s ( 81 ) in a career , and highest save percentage ( . 946 ) and goals against average ( 1 . 38 ) in a season ( during the 2003 – 04 AHL season ) , passing the records of Rick DiPietro . Dubielewicz won the Dudley " Red " Garrett Memorial Award as the top rookie in the AHL for 2003 – 04 . Dubielewicz made his first appearance of the 2006 – 2007 season for the New York Islanders on March 15 , 2007 , relieving Mike Dunham . In the regular season , he started the Islanders ' final five games with a record of 4 – 1 – 0 . On April 8 , 2007 , in the final game of the season against the New Jersey Devils , after Dubielewicz gave up a goal with . 7 seconds left in regulation , he rebounded to stop the Devils in the shootout of a 3 – 2 victory to send the Islanders into the postseason as the 8th seed , eliminating the Toronto Maple Leafs . Dubielewicz made his post - season debut on April 12 , 2007 on the road in game one of the Eastern Conference Quarter - finals against the Buffalo Sabres . He allowed four goals on 35 shots in a 4 – 1 loss , giving the Sabres a 1 – 0 series lead . His teammate Rick DiPietro would get the start in goal for game two , after recovering from an injury . The Islanders re - signed Dubielewicz to a one - year contract worth $ 500 , 000 for the 2007 – 2008 season . After the sesaon , on June 1 , 2008 , Newsday reported that Dubielewicz declined the two - way contract extension they offered , as he believed that he ' d be assigned to the AHL , as Joey MacDonald had a one - way deal . Dubielewicz his previously voiced a desire to remain an Islander and called himself " an Islander at heart " . He signed instead with Ak Bars of the Kontinental Hockey League . On December 30 , 2008 , Wade Dubielewicz terminated his contract with Ak Bars by mutual agreement . In the last month before that , Wade often was the backup goalie , with younger Stanislav Galimov becoming the # 1 goalie for Ak Bars . Wade left Ak Bars with a record of 11 - 8 - 3 , a . 892 save pct . , and 2 . 77 GAA . After an injury to the Islanders ' goaltender Joey MacDonald and with starting goalie Rick DiPietro sidelined , Dubielewicz re - signed with the Islanders on January 15 , 2009 , but the Blue Jackets claimed him off re - entry waivers on January 17 , 2009 . Dubielewicz played the rest of the season for Columbus . Dubielewicz became a free agent in July 2009 and he signed a contract with the Minnesota Wild on July 17 . The Wild have two other goalies with NHL experience and he was signed to improve the depth at the position . Amateur career . Dubielewicz was an all - American goaltender at the University of Denver as a junior in 2001 – 2002 leading his team to the NCAA tournament , and turned down a million plus dollar NHL offer to stay at Denver for his senior season and to finish his degree . Before signing with Denver , he played for the Fernie Ghostriders , a Junior B team in the KIJHL in Fernie , British Columbia . Awards and records . Source : nhl . com .