Vezina Trophy

The NHL season has just begun and a few goalies have begun making their statement as Goaltender of the year, who do you think will be the winner of this years Vezina, take a look at the highlights so far.

Carey Price - Montreal Canadiens
5-0-0
1.40 Goals Against Avg.
.954 Save Percentage

Devyn Dubnyk - Minnesota Wild
5-1-1
1.43 Goals Against Average
.952 Save Percentage

Cam Talbot - Edmonton Oilers

7-2-0

2.16 Goals against Average 

.934 Save Percentage 

Who do you think will win?

Skating drills

Skating is a fundamental part of being a goaltender. It is often said goaltenders must be the best skates on your team. Here are some drills which can help improve your skating as a young goaltender

This video shows a more experienced goaltender using power slides to move across and seal the ice

Both of these videos show important and even team Canada goalies use C-cuts as a fundamental movement in becoming a goaltender. 

Kenesky

Hockey is a staple in Canada and one of the best places to learn to become a goaltender is at Kenesky's in Burlington Ontario.

At Kenesky's you will learn how to become a goaltender on and off the ice with off ice conditioning as well as on ice specialists helping you become a better goaltender.


 Register for Kenesky Lessons here

Box Control

In the recent years goaltending has developed in a way in which were seeing smaller goaltenders. The reason for this is the understanding of box control which is the net within the net. Kinda confusing? Here is a video to help understand. 

As you can see the trajectory of the puck is from the ice therefore looking at what our eye see's and what the puck sees is different. Goalies use this box control in order to take up the most amount of room without necessarily being a big person. The difference in seeing the puck and what the puck sees is called the shooters illusion. Take a look at the difference

As you can see the shooters view sees more of the left side of the net while the puck shows very little room on that side, this is where box control comes into place in playing the net in front of you and not necessarily what the shooter is playing.