most minutes played by as a player rookie in a season

Don Edwards has played the most minutes by a rookie, with 4206 minutes in 1977-78.

	NAME	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	GS	W	L	T	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO
1	Don Edwards D. Edwards	4206	1977-78	BUF	72		38	16	17		1,970	1,785	.906	185	2.64	5
2	Johnny Bower J. Bower	4200	1953-54	NYR	70		29	31	10					178	2.54	5
3	Gerry McNeil G. McNeil	4200	1950-51	MTL	70		25	30	15					183	2.61	6
4	Terry Sawchuk T. Sawchuk	4200	1950-51	DET	70		44	13	13					138	1.97	11
5	Glenn Hall G. Hall	4198	1955-56	DET	70		30	24	16		1,952	1,805	.925	147	2.10	12
6	Ed Chadwick E. Chadwick	4196	1956-57	TOR	70		21	34	15		1,964	1,778	.905	186	2.66	5
7	Roger Crozier R. Crozier	4165	1964-65	DET	70		40	22	7		1,931	1,763	.913	168	2.42	6
8	Ed Belfour E. Belfour	4127	1990-91	CHI	74		43	19	7		1,883	1,713	.910	170	2.47	4
9	Jack Gelineau J. Gelineau	4020	1949-50	BOS	67		22	30	15					220	3.28	3
10	Ken Dryden K. Dryden	3798	1971-72	MTL	64		39	8	15		2,030	1,888	.930	142	2.24	8
11	Ron Hextall R. Hextall	3792	1986-87	PHI	66		37	21	6		1,929	1,739	.902	190	3.01	1
12	Tony Esposito T. Esposito	3760	1969-70	CHI	63		38	17	8		1,995	1,859	.932	136	2.17	15
13	Jimmy Howard J. Howard	3740	2009-10	DET	63	61	37	15		10	1,849	1,708	.924	141	2.26	3
14	Evgeni Nabokov E. Nabokov	3700	2000-01	SJS	66	65	32	21	7		1,582	1,447	.915	135	2.19	6
15	Steve Mason S. Mason	3664	2008-09	CBJ	61	61	33	20		7	1,658	1,518	.916	140	2.29	10
16	Mike Liut M. Liut	3658	1979-80	STL	64		32	23	9		1,854	1,660	.895	194	3.18	2
17	Sean Burke S. Burke	3590	1988-89	NJD	62		22	31	9		1,816	1,586	.873	230	3.84	3
18	Gerry Desjardins G. Desjardins	3495	1968-69	LAK	61		19	29	9		1,845	1,656	.898	189	3.24	4
19	Andrew Raycroft A. Raycroft	3420	2003-04	BOS	57	55	29	18	9		1,586	1,469	.926	117	2.05	3
20	Corey Crawford C. Crawford	3337	2010-11	CHI	57	55	33	18		6	1,545	1,417	.917	128	2.30	4
21	Steve Penney S. Penney	3244	1984-85	MTL	54		26	18	8		1,345	1,178	.876	167	3.09	1
22	Alex Nedeljkovic A. Nedeljkovic	3231	2021-22	DET	59	52	20	24	0	9	1,796	1,618	.901	178	3.31	4
23	Dustin Wolf D. Wolf	3182	2024-25	CGY	53	53	29	16	0	8	1,549	1,409	.910	140	2.64	3
24	Les Binkley L. Binkley	3139	1967-68	PIT	54		20	24	10		1,585	1,435	.905	150	2.87	6
25	Peter Ing P. Ing	3126	1990-91	TOR	56		16	29	8		1,716	1,516	.883	200	3.84	1