The Knowledge Book contains all the Goalie Knowledge posts. These are the information packed posts to help you understand the position and enable you and your goalie maximize your potential as a coach/goalie team. Feel free to click through, leave comments and don’t be afraid to get in touch with any questions you have!
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C-Cuts, Shuffles & T-Pushes
Omne Trium Perfectum. Latin for “the rule of three” (Don’t worry I had to look it up too). The movements your goalie needs to practice constantly to be the best they can be. So what are C-Cuts, Shuffles and T-Pushes? C-Cuts These are the same movements all the skaters practice as they learn to skate
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Video: the RVH
The Reverse Horizontal aka the “RVH” in hockey lingo, is the new fad goalies love to use for any plays down low in the corners or behind the net. Let’s take a look at how Nico Daws of the New Jersey Devils implemented this save technique. I think even Daws would agree, this is a
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Be square to the puck
Be there or be square. Ideally, as a goalie, you want to be both. Your goalie should be there in the correct position on the ice, and square to the puck. But what does it mean to be square to the puck? The short and simple answer, is the shoulders and feet of a goalie
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Video: Rebound control
Goaltending is about stopping the puck. That’s all that matters right? Check out Pavel Francouz of the Colorado Avalanche: Notice how Pavel Francouz of the Colorado Avalanche stopped the puck, but he failed to properly control the rebound? This created a great scoring opportunity off an originally simple play. Goaltending is more than stopping the
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