Cristobal Huet

Cristobal Huet (; born September 3, 1975) is a French-Swiss former professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a goalie coach for Lausanne HC of the National League (NL). He previously played for HC Lugano and HC Fribourg-Gottéron and within the Chicago Blackhawks, Los Angeles Kings, Montreal Canadiens, and Washington Capitals organizations in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is the first French netminder and second French-trained player overall (after Philippe Bozon) to play in the NHL.
Huet won the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks during the 2009–10 NHL season, and became the first Frenchman to win the Stanley Cup as a player. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2023. He currently co-hosts hockey TV show, Le Repas d'équipe, with fellow French-born Swiss former player Laurent Meunier on MySports.
==Playing career==
===Amateur===
As a youth, Huet played in the 1988 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Grenoble.
===HC Lugano===
Huet played for HC Lugano from the 1998–99 season to 2001–02. His career took a significant turn in these years. He won the National League A Championship in his first year, and reached the European Hockey League final four the next year.
===Los Angeles Kings===
Huet was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings as their seventh-round pick, 214th overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. He played for the Kings in the 2002–2003 and 2003–2004 seasons. He was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in a three-team deal that sent Mathieu Garon to Los Angeles and Radek Bonk from Ottawa to Montreal. During the 2004–05 lockout Huet played for the Adler Mannheim in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. He led the team to the finals, where the Eagles lost in three straight games to Eisbären Berlin.
===Montreal Canadiens===
During the 2005–06 season, Huet eventually won the starting job in goal for the Canadiens at the expense of José Théodore, who was subsequently traded to Colorado in exchange for goaltender David Aebischer. He also won the Molson Cup in February 2006. He won the Best Defensive Player award from the NHL during the first week of March, ousting goaltenders such as the Ottawa Senators' Ray Emery and the New Jersey Devils' Martin Brodeur, with a 3–0–0 record and a 1.67 GAA. For the second time of the year, he was named NHL Best Defensive Player on April 3 with a 3–0–0 record, a 0.65 GAA and 0.979 SV%, ousting goaltenders Martin Brodeur, Flames goalie Miikka Kiprusoff and Detroit's Manny Legace.
On April 23, in his first NHL playoff start, Huet starred in a 6–1 win against the 2nd seeded and eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes. Huet stopped 42 of 43 shots in the contest to put the Canadiens up 1–0 in the seven-game series. Two days later, Huet recorded his first overtime playoff win, when the Canadiens beat the Hurricanes 6–5 in double overtime to take the lead 2–0 in the series. However, Huet and the Canadiens lost the next four games and the series in goaltender duels with rookie Cam Ward, who had taken Martin Gerber's starting spot in the series, and who would later go on to win the Conn Smythe Trophy.
The Canadiens re-signed Huet in the 2006 off-season to a two-year deal at $5.75 million total, earning $3 million the first season and $2.75 million in the second year.
On January 13, 2007, Huet was announced as one of the three goalies of the Eastern Conference All-Star Team in the 55th NHL All-Star Game in Dallas. A month later, however, he suffered a left hamstring injury that caused him to miss most of the final two months of the season. In his absence, the Canadiens struggled, and the team missed the postseason.
thumb|right|Huet with the Washington Capitals in March 2008
===Washington Capitals===
On February 26, 2008 Montreal Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey traded the French netminder to the Washington Capitals for a 2009 second-round draft pick. The Canadiens decided to trade Huet because of highly touted prospect, Carey Price. In Washington, he took over the starting position from Olaf Kölzig, pushing incumbent backup Brent Johnson to the pressbox, and his exceptional play helped lead Washington to secure a playoff berth, where they lost the opening round series against the Philadelphia Flyers in seven games.
===Chicago Blackhawks ===
On July 1, 2008, the first day of unrestricted free-agency, Huet agreed to terms on a new 4-year contract with the Chicago Blackhawks worth a total of $22.4 million or $5.625 million per season.
Following the signing, Blackhawks general manager Dale Tallon announced the team would enter the season with a tandem of Huet and Nikolai Khabibulin. Unable to win the starting job over Khabibulin to start the season, Huet found himself on the bench more often than not. Gradually, he earned back his playing time and both alternated every game for almost 3 months until Khabibulin went down with a groin injury in early February. The tandem, however, earned praise around the NHL. A second Khabibulin injury in early February thrust Huet in the spotlight once again, and he was named the NHL's 3rd star of the week for Feb 15–21, posting a 3–0–0 record and allowing just five goals on 72 shots. In the end however, Khabibulin was named the playoff starter for the Blackhawks, and they defeated the Calgary Flames in the first round as well as the Vancouver Canucks in the second round.
Huet made his next appearance for the Blackhawks during game three of the 2009 Western Conference Finals, where he was called to replace an injured Khabibulin. He made six saves, and allowed the Blackhawks to collect an overtime win. With Khabibulin still recovering from a lower body injury, Joel Quenneville named Huet the team's starting goalie for the fourth game against Detroit. Huet allowed five goals on 21 shots, and was temporarily replaced by Corey Crawford. During the final game of the series, Huet stopped 44 shots en route to a 2–1 overtime loss.
For the first time in his career, Huet started a season as the undisputed number one goaltender, but as the 2009–10 campaign wore on, Antti Niemi eventually replaced Huet as Chicago's starter going into the playoffs. Huet played only twenty minutes in the 2010 Stanley Cup Playoffs, which the Blackhawks won with Niemi in net and with an overall playoff record of 16–6. With the Hawks victory, Huet became the first native of France to get his name engraved on the Stanley Cup.
On September 27, 2010, Chicago loaned Huet to HC Fribourg-Gotteron of the Swiss National League A in order to stay within the salary cap.
===Fribourg-Gotteron===
In his first year with Fribourg-Gotteron, Huet played in 41 games but struggled in the second half of the season, accumulating a 2.84 goals against average as the team finished 8th. Fribourg qualified for the playoffs only to be swept by HC Davos. The following season he improved to a goals against average of 1.99 in 39 games, third best in the league that year. The team defeated HC Lugano in the quarterfinals in 6 games but lost to SC Bern in the semifinals in 5 games. Huet's loan and his contract with the Blackhawks expired when the playoffs ended, thus making him a free agent.
===Lausanne HC===
Failing to sign with an NHL team, he returned to the National League and signed a 4-year deal with Lausanne HC of the National League B. His first season in Lausanne was a success, as the team won the National League B title and went on to win promotion to the National League by defeating SC Langnau in the qualification round.
===Retirement from the French national team===
In May 2017, Huet played at the 2017 IIHF World Championship, in Paris, representing France. He played his last game at the final round robin game of France, against Slovenia, with a win, and ended with a standing ovation, retiring with France's Team Captain Laurent Meunier. Team France (Les Bleus) did not advance to the medal round, but was not relegated.
==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs ===
 	 	 		Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season	Regular season		Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs	Playoffs
Season 	Team 	League 		GP 	W 	L 	T 	OTL 	MIN 	GA 	SO 	GAA 	SV% 		GP 	W 	L 	MIN 	GA 	SO 	GAA 	SV%
1994–95 	Brûleurs de Loups 	FRA 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 		7 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1995–96 	Brûleurs de Loups 	FRA 		25 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1996–97 	Brûleurs de Loups 	FRA 		28 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 		11 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1997–98 	Brûleurs de Loups 	FRA 		29 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 		12 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
1998–99 	HC Lugano 	NDA 		21 	— 	— 	— 	— 	1275 	58 	1 	2.73 	— 		10 	— 	— 	628 	18 	1 	1.72 	—
1999–00 	HC Lugano 	NLA 		31 	— 	— 	— 	— 	1886 	50 	8 	1.59 	— 		13 	— 	— 	783 	29 	0 	2.22 	—
2000–01 	HC Lugano 	NLA 		39 	— 	— 	— 	— 	2365 	77 	6 	1.95 	— 		18 	— 	— 	1141 	39 	2 	2.05 	—
2001–02 	HC Lugano 	NLA 		39 	— 	— 	— 	— 	2313 	107 	4 	2.78 	— 		1 	— 	— 	60 	3 	0 	3.00 	—
2002–03 	Manchester Monarchs 	AHL 		30 	16 	8 	5 	— 	1784 	68 	1 	2.29 	.922 		1 	0 	1 	30 	4 	0 	8.08 	.778
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 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2004–05 	Adler Mannheim 	DEL 		36 	— 	— 	— 	— 	2001 	93 	1 	2.79 	.915 		14 	— 	— 	850 	40 	2 	2.82 	.919
2005–06 	Hamilton Bulldogs 	AHL 		4 	0 	4 	— 	0 	237 	15 	0 	3.79 	.862 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2005–06 	Montreal Canadiens 	NHL 		36 	18 	11 	— 	4 	2102 	77 	7 	2.20 	.929 		6 	2 	4 	385 	15 	0 	2.33 	.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 		7 	3 	4 	451 	22 	0 	2.90 	.909
2008–09 	Chicago Blackhawks 	NHL 		41 	20 	15 	— 	4 	2351 	99 	3 	2.53 	.909 		3 	1 	2 	130 	7 	0 	3.23 	.910
2009–10 	Chicago Blackhawks 	NHL 		48 	26 	14 	— 	4 	2731 	114 	4 	2.50 	.895 		1 	0 	0 	20 	0 	0 	0.00 	1.000
2010–11 	HC Fribourg–Gottéron	NLA 		41 	12 	21 	— 	1 	2461 	120 	4 	2.92 	.888 		3 	0 	3 	155 	11 	0 	4.24 	.810
2011–12 	HC Fribourg–Gottéron	NLA 		39 	23 	10 	— 	0 	2322 	83 	6 	2.14 	.912 		11 	4 	5 	694 	28 	1 	2.42 	.910
2012–13 	Lausanne HC 	NLB 		36 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	2.33 	— 		13 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	2.67 	—
2013–14 	Lausanne HC 	NLA 		45 	19 	20 	— 	2 	2649 	91 	1 	2.06 	.929 		7 	3 	3 	407 	16 	0 	2.36 	.922
2014–15 	Lausanne HC 	NLA 		37 	16 	13 	— 	0 	2158 	67 	7 	1.86 	.931 		7 	2 	4 	447 	11 	0 	1.48 	.941
2015–16 	Lausanne HC 	NLA 		46 	17 	22 	— 	2 	2768 	112 	1 	2.43 	.910 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
2016–17 	Lausanne HC 	NLA 		40 	23 	15 	— 	0 	2404 	99 	7 	2.47 	.919 		4 	0 	4 	261 	13 	0 	2.98 	.908
2017–18 	Lausanne HC 	NL 		21 	7 	12 	— 	4 	1104 	64 	1 	3.48 	.886 		— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	— 	—
NDA/NLA/NL totals	NDA/NLA/NL totals 	NDA/NLA/NL totals		399 	— 	— 	— 	— 	23,705 	928 	46 	2.35 	— 		74 	— 	— 	4576 	168 	4 	2.20 	—
NHL totals 	NHL totals 	NHL totals 		272 	129 	90 	11 	21 	15,261 	625 	24 	2.46 	.913 		17 	6 	10 	987 	44 	0 	2.68 	.918
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
===International===
Year 	Team 	Event 		GP	W 	L	T	MIN 	GA 	SO	GAA 	SV%
1992 	France 	EJC B 		3 	 	 	 	 	 	 	1.62 	.929
1993 	France 	EJC B 		6 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2.29 	
1995 	France 	WJC B 		7 	 	 	 	 	 	 	2.14 	.899
1997 	France 	WC 		3 	 	 	 	101 	12 	0 	7.13 	.793
1998 	France 	OG 		2 	1 	1	0	120 	5 	0 	2.50 	.925
1998 	France 	WC 		1 	 	 	 	5 	3 	0 	36.00	.400
1998 	France 	WC Q 		3 	2 	1	0	180 	7 	0 	2.33 	
1999 	France 	WC 		1 	0 	1	0	60 	6 	0 	6.00 	.714
1999 	France 	WC Q 		3 	1 	1	1	180 	10 	0 	3.33 	.897
2000 	France 	WC 		4 	1 	2	1	239 	11 	0 	2.76 	.892
2001 	France 	OGQ 		3 	1 	0	2	179 	5 	0 	1.68 	.952
2001 	France 	WC D1 		4 	2 	1	1	240 	9 	1 	2.25 	.886
2002 	France 	OG 		3 	0 	2	1	179 	10 	0 	3.36 	.884
2002 	France 	WC D1 		5 	4 	1	0	299 	5 	2 	1.00 	.938
2004 	France 	WC 		4 	0 	3	1	198 	17 	0 	5.19 	.851
2005 	France 	OGQ 		5 	3 	1	1	299 	5 	2 	1.00 	.957
2008 	France 	WC 		5 	2 	3	—	250 	15 	0 	3.60 	.911
2011 	France 	WC 		6 	1 	5	—	282 	16 	0 	3.41 	.913
2012 	France 	WC 		5 	3 	2	—	299 	18 	0 	3.61 	.882
2013 	France 	OGQ 		2 	1 	1	—	122 	5 	0 	2.44 	.909
2013 	France 	WC 		5 	1 	4	—	266 	16 	0 	3.36 	.902
2014 	France 	WC 		6 	2 	2	—	369 	16 	0 	2.60 	.902
2015 	France 	WC 		5 	1 	3	—	288 	10 	1 	2.09 	.923
2016 	France 	WC 		5 	1 	3	—	276 	14 	0 	3.05 	.884
2017 	France 	OGQ 		3 	2 	1	—	179 	4 	0 	1.33 	.944
2017 	France 	WC 		4 	1 	1	—	249 	10 	0 	2.41 	.899
Tier I senior totals 	Tier I senior totals 	Tier I senior totals 		59	— 	—	—	3181	179	1 	3.38 	—
Tier II senior totals	Tier II senior totals	Tier II senior totals		28	16	7	3	1678	50 	5 	1.79 	—
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 		 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
==Honours==
*French Elite League Champion with the Brûleurs de loups of Grenoble, 1997/98
*Albert Hassler Trophy (Most Valuable Domestic Player in the French Elite League), 1997/98
*Jean Ferrand Trophy (Most Valuable Goaltender in the French Elite League), 1996/97 and 1997/98
*Swiss National A League Champion with HC Lugano, 1998/99
*European Hockey League Final Four with HC Lugano, 1999/00
*Jacques Plante Trophy (Best GAA in the Swiss National A League), 1999/00 and 2000/01
*Roger Crozier Saving Grace Award (Best Save% in the NHL – National Hockey League), 2005/06
*Nominee for Bill Masterton Trophy (Awarded to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey.), 2005/2006
*NHL Defensive Player of the Week 3–5–06
*NHL All Star Team roster – 2007
*Nominee for NHL All Star team – 2008
*NHL 3rd star for January 2008
*NHL 3rd star of the week (Feb 15–21 2009)
*NHL 1st star of the week (Dec 14–21 2009)
*NHL 2010 Stanley Cup Champion (Season 2009–2010)
*Inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2023
==References==
==External links==
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*Cristobal Huet biography, including game-by-game results, at The Goaltender Home Page
*Cristobal Huet at Yahoo! Sports
*Cristobal Huet receives Roger Crozier award
Category:1975 births
Category:Adler Mannheim players
Category:Brûleurs de Loups players
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Category:French ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL) players
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Category:HC Lugano players
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Category:Lausanne HC players
Category:Los Angeles Kings draft picks
Category:Los Angeles Kings players
Category:Manchester Monarchs (AHL) players
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Category:National Hockey League All-Stars
Category:Olympic ice hockey players of France
Category:Stanley Cup champions
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