Devils" Brodeur Gets Butterflies as His Son Gets Playing Tips Rich Schultz for The New York Times The Devils selected Anthony Brodeur with the 208th pick in the N.H.L. draft. NEWARK - Seeing Anthony Brodeur around Devils training camp is not anything new. Brodeur, 18, has been a fixture around the organization, tagging alongside his father, Martin, the Devils" goaltender. But watching Anthony suit up in his own Devils goalie gear for training camp is something a little different for both of them. Cory Schneider's trade to the Devils made the biggest waves at the N.H.L. draft in June, but the team's selection of Anthony Brodeur with the 208th pick also made a splash. "I know some of the guys, I've been in the locker room," Anthony said after practicing Thursday. Now that they're shooting on me, they just think it is a little weird. Anthony has spent the last two seasons at the prestigious Shattuck-St. Mary's School in Faribault, Minn., and will play for the Gatineau Olympiques of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League this season. He acknowledged Thursday that he was in camp to gain an experience. He said, "I'm not trying to make a team or anything." The pressure is off Anthony to perform at camp, but his father still said he was more nervous watching Anthony. "I wish I could be in him and do it for him," Martin said. That's where you have to let it go as a dad. Gordie Howe is the only N.H.L.'er to play with his children, joining his sons Mark and Marty with the Hartford Whalers in the 1979-80 season. Ron and John Grahame and Bob and Brent Johnson are the only N.H.L. goaltenders to suit up for the same franchise. But if the Brodeurs want to become the third father-son goaltending duo to play for the same club, Martin knows that Anthony's game needs some work. "Playing the puck, I mean he's O.K., but I can see he can get a lot better, and just to play more big," Martin said. He's not a big goalie to start with, but he's got to learn to stand his ground more. Most goaltenders these days play the butterfly style made popular by Patrick Roy, which emphasizes positioning and covering the lower half of the net. But the Brodeurs play a hybrid style that features butterfly elements and old-style stand-up play. Watching the 5-foot-11 Anthony in goal is like watching a shorter version of his father. "I'm a little bit of my own goalie," Anthony said. I still obviously have the same genetics and have a lot of the same reactions that he has and make the saves that he does. To an extent, I think I play like him. In Thursday's practice session, he used his glove and pads to take away low shots during rush drills, twice thwarting chances from another Devil with a famous father, Stefan Matteau. Also among Anthony's new experiences was facing a rush from the future Hall of Famer Jaromir Jagr. "I saw him coming down, and I said, "Oh my God, he's shooting on me,' " Anthony said. He was playing before I was even born. It's pretty amazing that he's still playing, and playing at such a high level. It was definitely pretty cool having him come down and shoot on me. But to his dad's point, Anthony still looks like a high school goaltender playing the puck outside the crease. While Schneider faced a drill at one end of the practice rink, the Devils" goaltending coach, Chris Terreri, worked with Anthony on the other side on becoming more comfortable clearing the puck from behind the net. Terreri, a former Devils goalie, shot puck after puck in behind the net, and Anthony slowly flipped them back to Terreri along the boards. Terreri is also working on Anthony's positioning, particularly his hands. "He thinks I'm upright a little too much," Anthony said. He wants me to drop down a little lower, so I'm more ready when the shots come in. He's right. Sometimes I get caught up high. The younger Brodeur will not leave camp only figuratively richer. "I told him to keep his meal money, and I'm going to cook food for him," Martin Brodeur said. So he has some money, so I don't have to pay too much when he goes out to juniors.