NHL BACKUPS
One of the quirks of collecting goalie rookie cards: NHLPA licensing rules have long treated dressing as the backup goalie as equivalent to making an NHL appearance for rookie card eligibility, even if the goalie never leaves the bench. That exception exists because a dressed backup is an active member of the game roster and can enter the game at any moment without notice. As a result, several goalies have official rookie cards despite never recording a single second of NHL playing time. You will find their rookie cards here.
Jason Missiren 2009 Panini Prizm
Frank Doyle 2006 Young Guns
Stefan Liv 2006 Young Guns
Dusan Salficky 2003 ITG
Billy Thompson 2006 Fleer
David Mckee 2006 Young Guns
Kelly Guard 2006 Young Guns
John Muse 2013 Panini
Mike Mole 2008 Upper Deck
Jason Elliott 2002 BAP
Mark Visentin 2014 Young Guns
Jordan Pearce 2010 Zenith
Kevin Nastiuk 2005 Upper Deck
Miroslav Kopriva 2006 Future Watch
Jean Francois Racine 2006 Upper Deck
Martin Houle 2006 Future Watch
Adam Dennis 2006 Young Guns
Nick Ellis 2017 Upper Deck Compendium
Frederic Henry 2003 BAP
Chad Alban 2003 BAP
Frédéric Cloutier 2002 Upper Deck
Karl Goehring 2002 O-Pee-Chee
Darren Machesney 2002 Upper Deck
Ari Ahonen 2002 Upper Deck
Adam Hauser 2005 Upper Deck
Mike Brown 2006 Young Guns
Andrew Allen 2003 ITG
Joe Cannata 2013 Panini
Bryan Pitton 2010 Score
Eric Heffler 2003 BAP
Phil Osaer 2003 ITG
Tyler Plante 2008 Upper Deck
Scott Meyer 2000 Parkhurst
Tyson Sexsmith 2012 Young Guns
Chet Pickard 2012 Young Guns
Sam Brittian 2015 Young Guns
Tood Ford 2011 O-Pee-Chee
Scott Hartzell 2013 Upper Deck
Andrey Makarov 2014 O-Pee-Chee
Eric Cormier 2015 Upper Deck
Igor Bobkov 2013 Panini
Jean Phillipe Levasseur 2011 Score
Daniel Altshuller 2016 O-Pee-Chee
Mike Lee 2015 O-Pee-Chee
J.P Anderson 2010 Zenith
Michael Garteig 2016 Fleer
Dan Turple 2009 Champs
Todd Lumbard 1982 PLAY
Boris Rousson 1991 Pro Card
Larry Dyck 1990 Pro Card
Darryl Gilmour 1988 Pro Card
Shawn Simpson 1988 Procard
Chris Rogels 1994 Classic
Mark Reimer 1991 Procard
Jon Hillebrandt 1993 Classic
David Brumby 2000 ECHL
Jonas Forsberg 1994 Parkhurst
Tom Fenton 2010 BAP
Kyle Moir 2005 ITG
David Shantz 2005 BAP
Julien Ellis 2005 ITG
Randy Petruk 1995 Upper Deck
Matt Hewitt 2011 ITG
Dereck Baribeau 2018 Upper Deck
Matt Dalton 2012 KHL
Torrie Jung 2007 ITG
Miroslav Svoboda 2024 Finnish
Nathan Marsters 2006 ITG