Ozone-Dzone-Goalies

Everybody wants to score goals.  It’s what wins games, and gets the fans out of their seats.  But why is it so hard…and what can you do to put yourself in a position to score?? Looking at these two video clips, it tells an amazing story. You need to be READY to score.  If you...Read More

GOALIES: Cal Peterson does it all in this clip. He starts by fighting to see the puck through traffic and tracks it across bodies down to his foot. He is able to lock on to the rebound as a result of this great tracking. He then demonstrates a great understanding of pushing flat or parallel...Read More

GOALIES & “F1s”:  Puck pursuit is mentioned all the time. As goalies we have to be ready for a tenacious player when we handle the puck. Joseph (TBL #7) shows us just this. Corey Schneider’s focus is on the strong side of the ice while Joseph screams down the weak side surprising Schneider when he...Read More

GOALIES: In any breakaway situation, maintaining a great gap (space between goalie and shooter/puck) is essential. On this penalty shot, Antti Raanta has to deal with a slow entry then multiple angle changes. Raanta perfectly engages a small drift once the shooter enters his lane. The shooter ends up shooting and Raanta is perfectly on...Read More

The days of the goalie always looking for a whistle are dying. In this clip we see Jimmy Howard cover the puck and clearly look to move it to another teammate. The opposition does a good job of maintaining coverage to force the offensive zone faceoff. This is just great awareness, hockey IQ and strategy...Read More

Our position is continually becoming more and more refined. However, a lot of the “big” moments in a game comes down to the goalie and the shooter. In this clip we see John Gibson hold his edges and trust his raw puck stopping ability to win in this game of “chicken” over Gustav Nyquist.  #DontBlinkRead More