Scott Stevens, Martin Brodeur portraits unveiled

As part of the NHL Centennial Celebration, renowned Canadian artist Tony Harris will paint original portraits of each of the 100 Greatest NHL Players presented by Molson Canadian as chosen by a Blue Ribbon panel. NHL.com will reveal two portraits each Monday in 2017.
This week, the portraits of defenseman Scott Stevens and goalie Martin Brodeur, who together won the Stanley Cup three times with the New Jersey Devils, are unveiled in the 25th installment.

Scott Stevens, who was captain of the New Jersey Devils for each of their three Stanley Cup championships (1995, 2000, 2003) and won the Conn Smythe Trophy in 2000, was a hard hitter who struck fear in some of the top offensive players in the game.
But he was more than that. He also was skilled offensively, topping 50 points in eight of his first 12 NHL seasons. That included an NHL career-high 78 points (18 goals, 60 assists) with the Devils in 1993-94, when he finished second in voting for the Norris Trophy, awarded to the top defenseman in the League, behind Ray Bourque of the Boston Bruins.
Stevens had 908 points (196 goals, 712 assists) In 1,635 NHL games.
Stevens was a man of few words, but NHL.com staff writer Tom Gulitti, in
his NHL100 profile of Stevens
, said the defenseman did his talking on the ice:

"Former teammate John
, author Stu Hackel wrote about Brodeur's unflappable nature in goal.

"He seemed to have the perfect temperament for the job, no matter the circumstances. A parade of teammates testified over the years that -- unlike the stereotypical goalie of erratic temperament and eccentric behavior -- Marty was just a 'normal' guy.
"Teammate Sheldon Souray described to Sports Illustrated's Michael Farber a representative Brodeur moment: 'There's Marty after the second period, having his Sprite and half a bagel, working on a shutout, and he's talking and joking with the guys in the room. Then he'll go out and stop 10 shots in the third. There's just this calmness about him. Maybe it's because he still thinks of hockey as a game.'
"'He relishes the big game and big moments and wants it on his shoulders, but he's very relaxed about it. Marty's like, 'Yeah, let's go win a game,' Bill Guerin, a Devils teammate from 1992-98, told Farber.
"As Brodeur himself said, 'I just don't get nervous at a hockey rink.'"
Harris said one particular aspect of Brodeur's game jumped out at him during his research for the painting.
"What stuck with me while researching photographs for Martin Broduer's portrait was how normal his equipment set up was in an era when goalies were using the biggest bulkiest padding they could find," Harris said.

Scott Stevens

Martin Brodeur