death_place death_date birth_place sport birth_date article_title name
montreal , qc , can 26 september 2013 montreal , qc , can professional hockey 12 october 1930 denis brodeur
 denis brodeur
denis brodeur

denis joseph germain stanislaus brodeur -lrb- october 12 , 1930 -- september 26 , 2013 -rrb- was a canadian photographer , acknowledged as one of hockey 's finest photographers and was the father of new jersey devils goaltender martin brodeur , the national hockey league 's winningest goaltender .
he was the official photographer for the montreal canadiens for many years , and co-published a book entitled `` goalies : guardians of the net '' in 1996 , which features his son martin on the front cover .
like his son , denis was also considered an outstanding goaltender , and helped team canada win the bronze medal at the 1956 olympic games in cortina d'ampezzo , italy .
in november 2006 the national hockey league acquired brodeur 's photography work , which consisted of over 110,000 images from 40 years .
some of the legendary names included in this collection are the brothers phil and tony esposito , jean béliveau , gordie howe , wayne gretzky , mario lemieux and bobby orr .
he also captured many famous events and landmarks , from the nasty boston-montreal rivalry of the 1970s right on up through the devils ' first stanley cup in 1995 .
his image was featured on a hockey card for the 2004 -- 2005 upper deck series one hockey .
