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  1. seagoal.....I see your point. I will try to be less emotional and more logical! I am just soooo pissed off by it all. It will be really interesting to see how NHL goalies come to deal with this, and how much we start seeing this move in the minor hockey leagues. Still say if the play is behind the goal, the goalie should be on their knees on the post, and it is up to the defenseman to wack the lacrosse player. So not early a matter of was the right choice made or not.
  2. And now even PeeWee kids, 11-12 yrs old (and probably soon even younger) are scoring on this lacrosse move. So while skillful, how hard can it be really. This kid scored on his FIRST attempt to do so in a game! We are going to be seeing a lot of lacrosse goals in youth hockey....and that sucks if you are a young goalie.
  3. I agree with you.... I like your cradling the puck argument and analogy to travelling in basketball. However, in youth sport, they promote the concepts of fair play, respect, etc. etc. A goalie can NOT be both on his knees at the post protecting from a wrap around/shot out front, and standing up straight along the post to block that top portion of the net from a lacrosse attempt. In hockey, percentages are played. When the play is behind the net, the most likely attempt will be a wrap around or pass out front. It is just smarter to be on your knees at the post. And the shooter can make this move in what 2-3 seconds? Not much time to recognize what is going on, and get up from your knees to a standing position. That is why I say “impossible”. Obviously if you are in the right position, a save is not impossible. But this move is grossly, blatantly in favour of the shooter. And in youth sports that just doesn’t seem like fair play. Oh....and a breakaway, 2 on none, 2 on 1, whatever....the play is I front of the goalie. Given good positioning, reflexes, athleticism, the goalie has a fair CHANCE to make the save ( ie NHL skills competition yesterday). But this, a play behind the goalie, with obscured vision from the helmet etc., stacks the odds in favour of the shooter. Would you suggest the goalie face into the net to better see the play developing behind him? I doubt it.
  4. Hey Chenner29. I will certainly be bringing this up with my son’s goalie trainers, but RVH is how these goalies have been trained to handle the wrap around, or pass out front. You are saying that goalies can protect the net equally as well from wrap around/ pass out front while on their feet also protecting against the lacrosse move?
  5. Hey seagoal. Love your discussion and your arguments. Check out this cheap goal that broke a 0-0 tie and won the other team a week long tournament. Really sad for you son who had played great all week and in this game. We live in Calgary Canada. I want to petition Hockey Canada, Hockey Alberta and Hockey Calgary to eliminate this move at the minor hockey league level. NHL will do whatever they choose, but those are grown men...usually over 6 foot 4! I think that this is an impossible stop for a young goalie, and that just seems unfair. I would love it if you could help me out with your thoughts, ideas, arguments and goalie network. What do you say? IMG_0628.MP4
  6. Ok goalies. My 14 year old son, who played great all week during the Esso Minor Hockey Week tournament was burned by a lacrosse goal half way through the third period breaking the 0-0 tie during the Gold Medal Final game. Needless to say, the team was deflated and couldn’t muster what they needed to tie it up. Very sad way to end a hockey game and gold medal game! Sadly it was a defenseman error that really resulted in the goal. The defenseman was more interested in watching what the lacrosse player was doing rather than knocking him on his butt! But really, what can a young goalie do about stopping this cheap shot, when so far, NHL goalies have been 0 for 3 attempts?
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