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(percentage of goals when the goalie was out of position or off line or both off line and out of position)
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(percentage of game winning goals when the goalie was out of position or off line or both )
Game #20: Sat. April 8 ESPN 7:30 pm
NCAA Division 1 National Championship
Boston College: 2 @ North Dakota: 4
Goal #1 - North Dakota - 16:12 left in period 1 - TECHNIQUE Goal
• From #8 at the top of the circle along the boards, the puck
was passed back to an incoming skater at #6.
• The pass was picked up and carried straight down past the faceoff
dot line.
• The low shot was taken close to the bottom rim of the circle,
halfway between #8 and #9.
• The goalie went down into a butterfly and made the save.
• The rebound went off to the other side out to the open man in
line with #2.
• The puck was shot into the empty net before the goalie could
even get up.
• • I know most of you want to say that there is no way this is the goalie's fault. In fact most coaches would blame the defense for no picking up the trailer. Yet the goalie went down on a shot taken from a bad angle, directed the rebound off to the side, and could not even get up in time. The puck was actually across the goal line and the goalie was still down from the initial save. His save selection is not so much the issue - although, if you in line and are on the Edge of the Horseshoe, and the shot is released from half way between the face off dot line and the goal line, the shooter has less than 4 inches to shoot at on either side of the goalie and still hit the net. So I don't understand how going down on a shot less than 4 inches away is going to give you any control advantage. I would have much rather seen some stick or skate use while remaining on his feet so that when he made the save he could move immediately to get into position or control the puck. (At the National Program we spend several hours going over the execution of saves on low shots close to the body - so that you can learn to not only make the save but control the puck after the save). But if you do choose to use a butterfly in this situation, you must get both legs out to the side. This goalie ends up almost going down on both knees which doesn't give you as much side coverage and lends itself to rebounds going way off to the side. Technique Goal!
Goal #2 - Boston College - 3:13 left in period 1 -HORSESHOE Goal
• From on the boards by the goal line, the puck is passed to the
slot at the rim of the circle, between #3 and #4.
• After catching the pass, the puck is carried in toward the net
and passed down to the open man at #7.
• The pass is one-timed and the goalie makes the save with an
outstretched pad.
• After making the save the goalie lays with his back down trying
to cover up the puck under him.
• The loose puck is picked up and swept into the net before the
goalie can lay down on the puck.
• • Most goalies will call this a good goal. However, since the goalie is off line on the initial pass from the slot down to #7, he gets caught behind the play because he has an extra 12 to 18 inches of ground to cover. The pass is made from between #3 and #4 across and down to #7, but the goalie starts out on the play between #2 and #3 - clearly off line. This results in the goalie taking himself out of the play on the save, being out of control and now having to rely on his defense to bail him out. If he had 12 to 18 inches less to move to make the save - do you think he could have made the save it without falling backward and maybe keeping the puck in front of him where he could see it? I think so. In fact had he moved straight to the edge of the crease on the slow pass down to #7, he doesn't just get a piece of the shot but stops it completely with total control. Horseshoe Goal.
Goal #3 - Boston College - 13:01 left in period 2 - HORSESHOE Goal
• The puck is passed from #9 on the goal line by the boards out
to the slot where it hits a skate at #4.
• The puck slides through more skates toward the other hash marks.
• The loose puck is picked up and shot from just inside the hash
marks between #6 and #7.
• The shot goes through the side of the crease, wide to the short
side and bounces off the back boards.
• The puck is picked up behind the net in line with the post,
#1, halfway between the boards and the net.
• As the puck was picked up behind the net, the goalie started
to go down as he was shuffling toward the post.
• The puckcarrier sweeps the puck to the goal line and stuffs
the puck between the goalie's skate and the post at #1.
• • If the puck is released from #1, the goalie must be on the post, with the side of his skate and the back of his pad touching the post - this is basic Horseshoe positioning. Horseshoe Goal.
ADVANCED NOTE: The good thing is that the goalie did not go down on the shot that was wide. The bad thing is that he was more worried about stopping the pass or poke checking the shooter than he was about getting all the way to the post - which he certainly had the time to do. That is why I recommend using a T-push to the post then turning your foot to stop on the post. The T-push creates the momentum you need to take you right up tight to the post when coming across AND you are then ready to move again if the situation calls for it without having to re-transfer your center of gravity.
Goal #4 - North Dakota - 17:17 left in period 3 -HORSESHOE Goal
• The puck is carried into the zone between #3 and #4.
• The puckcarrier skates down to the rim of the circle almost
in line with #2 and passes back to #3.
• The incoming skater picks up the pass and takes a wrist shot
from between #3 and #2, closer to #3.
• The puck goes between a defenseman's skates and under the goalie
who was down in a butterfly.
• • As the drop pass is made, instead of moving out to the Edge of the Horseshoe, the goalie is actually backing in toward the center of the net. When the puck is released he is still moving backward. Had he been holding his ground at the Edge of the Horseshoe, he makes this a routine save. Since he is too deep its a Horseshoe Goal!
Goal #5 - North Dakota - 5:38 left in period 3 - HORSESHOE Goal (GAME WINNING GOAL)
• The puck is picked up on the blue line at #5 and passed down
toward the top of the circle.
• Halfway between the circle and the blue line, the puck is picked
up and carried in toward the face off dot.
• Just before the face off dot, a low shot is taken (between #3
and #2 - much closer to #2).
• The goalie goes down into a butterfly and makes the initial
save with his stick.
• The rebound goes out and off to the side right onto an incoming
player's stick.
• The puck is shot immediately from #6 at the hash marks into
the wide open net as the goalie dives across.
• • The goalie goes down an a low shot right at him and makes the save but is unable to get up and over to get in line with the puck and the center of the net before the shot is taken (which by the way is the goalie's job after he makes a save if he can't actually get to the puck first). So you might be thinking technique and rebound control however, he's too far out on the bad angle shot. If he was on the Edge of the Horseshoe and make the same save, the rebound goes in front of the incoming shooter, out of his reach to shoot immediately. Horseshoe Goal!
IMPORTANT NOTE: Being too far out off the Edge of the Horseshoe is just as costly as being in too deep off the Edge of the Horseshoe. As you can see over 75 percent of the 100+ goals analyzed this year scored when the goalie was not on the Edge of the Horseshoe and only 25 % of the goals scored when the goalie was on the Edge of the Horseshoe. And as far as game winning goals - 94% scored when the goalie was not on the Edge of the Horseshoe and only 6% when the goalie was on the Edge of the Horseshoe!!!!!
Goal #6 - North Dakota - 0:46 left in period 3 - OTHER Goal
• Empty net goal
• • not figured into save percentage or goals against average or positioning percentage
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