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Position	Goalie
Catches	Left
Nickname	Turks, Turkey
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 185 lb (84 kg)
NHL Team	Dallas Stars
Nationality	Canada
Born	August 13, 1975, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, CAN
NHL Draft	124th overall, 1994 Dallas Stars
Pro Career	2000 – present

Marty Turco (born August 13, 1975 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) is a goaltender for the Dallas Stars of the NHL.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Dallas years 1.3 Recent career 2 Career statistics 2.1 Regular season 2.2 Playoffs 3 International play 4 Awards 5 External links

Unlike most Canadians in the NHL, Turco did not play major junior hockey, instead playing for the University of Michigan, with whom he won 2 NCAA titles. He was drafted in the fifth round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars, and went on to play for Michigan that fall. Turco earned many awards in his four years at Michigan, including Rookie of the Year in 1995, Tournament MVP in 1998, and nominations to the First All-Star team in 1997, the Second All-Star Team in 1998, and the All-Tournament Team in 1996 and 1998. After graduating, Turco went to play for Dallas's IHL affiliate, the Michigan K-Wings. In 1999, he was named IHL Rookie of the Year.

After two years playing for the K-Wings, Turco was given the opportunity to back up Ed Belfour in Dallas. He spent the next two years in Dallas gaining experience as the backup. After the 2001-2002 season, Dallas decided to make Turco the starting goaltender, allowing Belfour to sign with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

In his first year as the starting goaltender, 2002-03, Turco's goals-against average of 1.72 set a modern NHL record thanks to a stingy defense. (Miikka Kiprusoff broke Turco's record the next season with a 1.69 goals against average.) Turco played in the NHL All-Star Game during the season and was named to the Second All-Star Team following the season, finishing second in Vezina Trophy voting as well (behind Martin Brodeur). His .932 save percentage was also best in the NHL that year. However, he was unable to lead the Stars past the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim in the Western Conference semi-finals.

During the 2003-04 season, Turco continued to give the Stars quality goaltending, again playing (and starting) in the All-Star Game. However, when the Stars played the Colorado Avalanche in the first round of the playoffs, Turco struggled, receiving blame from some for the Stars' losing the series in five games.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2005-06 season, Turco won a career-best 41 games, 8 of them in shootouts. Turco's experience in the 2006 playoffs was similar to the prior season, again losing in five games to the Avalanche.

Turco, along with Brodeur, is widely regarded as one of the best puck-handling goalies in the NHL.

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	S/P
1994-95	Michigan	CCHA		37	27	7	1	2063	95	1	2.76	n/a
1995-96	Michigan	CCHA		42	34	7	1	2335	84	5	2.16	n/a
1996-97	Michigan	CCHA		41	33	4	4	2296	87	4	2.27	.893
1997-98	Michigan	CCHA		45	33	10	1	2639	95	4	2.16	.907
1998-99	Michigan K-Wings	IHL		54	24	17	10	3127	136	1	2.61	.920
1999-2000	Michigan K-Wings	IHL		60	23	27	7	3399	139	7	2.45	.916
2000-01	Dallas	NHL		26	13	6	1	1266	40	3	1.90	.925
2001-02	Dallas	NHL		31	15	6	2	1519	53	2	2.09	.921
2002-03	Dallas	NHL		55	31	10	10	3203	92	7	1.72	.932
2003-04	Dallas	NHL		73	37	21	13	4359	144	9	1.98	.913
2004-05	Djurgårdens	Sweden		6	numbers	not	available	356	12	1	2.02	.932
2005-06	Dallas	NHL		68	41	19	5	3910	166	3	2.55	.898
NHL CAREER TOTALS				253	137	62	31	14,257	495	24	2.08	.915
CCHA CAREER TOTALS				165	127	28	17	9333	361	14	2.18	-
IHL CAREER TOTALS				114	47	44	17	6526	275	8	2.41	-

• Stats as of May 1, 2006

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
1998-99	Michigan K-Wings	IHL		5	2	3	-	300	14	0	2.80
2002-03	Dallas	NHL		12	6	6	-	798	25	0	1.87
2003-04	Dallas	NHL		5	1	4	-	325	18	0	3.32
2005-06	Dallas	NHL		5	1	4	-	319	18	0	3.38
NHL CAREER TOTALS				22	8	14	-	1442	61	0	2.53

• Stats as of May 1, 2006

• Played for Team Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

• Named NHL "First Star of the Week" for October 4 to October 15, 2006.

greatest goalie ever

Preceded by Ed Belfour

Winner of the Crozier Award 2001

Succeeded by Jose Theodore

Preceded by Jose Theodore

Winner of the Crozier Award 2003

Succeeded by Dwayne Roloson

• Marty Turco's statistics at tsn.ca
• Marty Turco's statistics at Nhl.com