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Goalies in the Blogs

Using the Stick… from Gaudiel Goaltending | Goalie Blog
Shutout hero Rask gives Bruins options down the home stretch
Minor Hockey Goalie Makes The Save Of The Year
Cliff’s Riffs: Ben Belton and Zack Bresko split the goalie work at …
Could Maple Leafs Goalie Vesa Toskala Join The Avalanche …
How do I get my coach to make a decision on a starter? - Goalie …
Columbus Blue Jackets Steve Mason Notches Seventh Shutout
Goaltending prospect Alex Stalock from SharksPage on Minnesota Duluth goaltender Alex Stalock
Mathieu Garon gets first start in goal with the Pittsburgh Penguins
San Jose Sharks-Phoenix Coyotes: Evgeni Nabokov Is Impenetrable 
Ryan Miller Leads Sabres Over Coyotes as Buffalo Blanks Phoenix 2-0
Stars-Blue Jackets: Dallas Leaves Mason And Columbus Seeing Stars
KuklasKorner : Red and Black Hockey : Cam Ward Wins Goaltender Duel

NHL Goalies

Boston’s Tuukka Rask shuts down New York Rangers in 1-0 victory
Rask records 1st shutout for Bruins
Bruins’ goalie of future Rask blanks Rangers nbcsports 
Chris Mason stops 35 as St. Louis Blues shut out Philadelphia Flyers 4-0
Mason stones Flyers
Ryan Miller stops 28 as Buffalo Sabres shutout Phoenix Coyotes 2-0
Miller shut outs Coyotes 2-0
Ward makes 19 saves for ninth career shutout as Hurricanes beat Thrashers 2-0 
Yann Danis stops 37 to lead Islanders past Panthers 3-1
Mathieu Garon not the answer in first game with Penguins
Goalie Garon shaky in Penguins debut
Roloson leads Oilers past Wild
BRUINS NOTEBOOK: Fernandez continues to sit idly by 

NCAA Goalies

Which Gopher Goalie to Start Tonight? – USCHO.com Fan Forum

Junior Goalies

Michael Tadjdeh earns his first WHL shut-out. Lethbridge beats Red Deer 3-0. via Twitter from @cansecast 

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Mason leads charge From the Globe and Mail

Goalies in the Blogs

Why Martin Brodeur’s Injury Has Helped the Devils
Carey Price Still Has a Lot to Prove with the Montreal Canadiens
Bolts’ Goalie Depth Is Thin
Goalie Smith gets pep talk
Flats
Avalanche-Maple Leafs: Andrew Raycroft Gets Roughed Up by Toronto
Brian Duff’s Blog: What’s a Tim Thomas worth?
Ask Adam: Net gains Detroit’s Goalie situation
New Jersey Devils Have a Decision Coming in Goal

Hub Hockey: Fernandez Injury Update: Is His Knee Back In The Picture?
Smith Shoulders Blame For Lightning Loss
Talkin’ Tampa: Smith the Saviour Has An Off Night : SportsTalkBuzz

NHL Goalies

Habs rally behind porous Price Montreal Gazette
Former Minnesota goalie Dwayne Roloson leads Oilers past Wild, 3-1
Miikka notches 30th win Sportsnet.ca
Kiprusoff’s NHL-best 30th win sparks Flames
Kolzig set for year-ending surgery
Penguins Notebook: Backup goalie Garon to make debut tonight

The Steve Mason Channel

Steve Mason and Columbus Blue Jackets shut out Ottawa Senators 1-0
Sens can’t solve Mason, Jackets
THN.com Blog: Who will claim the Calder? Hockey News
Jackets’ Mason blanks Sens for 7th shutout
Mason shuts door on Sens
Calder Worthy from TSN.ca

AHL Goaltenders

Sea Wolves goaltender called to NHL – News Updates – SunHerald.com

This week’s photo of the week “Hail Nabby” was submitted by reader David Towers who sent along this about the photo:

“San Jose Sharks goalie Evgeni Nabokov has not needed to show his excellent play so much this season since the San Jose Sharks have switched to an intensely focused Offensive System under their new coach, which keeps the puck pretty much in the opponents end of the ice. As the season progresses however and the opposition starts fighting for playoff spots, Nabby’s immense value to the team will clearly be seen.

The goalie’s stellar play is well respected both in San Jose as a Shark, where ‘Nabby’ was a Vezina candidate last year and in Russia, where he recently back-stopped the Russian National hockey team to a Gold Medal in the World Championship of Hockey held in Quebec City, Canada.
Nabby was also the only goalie to record a shutout against the Gold Medal Swedish hockey team in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.”

I was most interested to see what he wrote in his Flickr account about the shot:

“First time shooting through the glass via the photographer hole for me. Amazing experience.
I had to rent a 70-200mm lens with a low f-stop.
Difficult to get the right settings though.
The entire game I was re-working the White Balance, playing with different speeds and f-stops.
Took me a good 10 minutes just to get the settings to produce a somewhat color correct image.
I am sure I can learn a lot more. It was my first time though so I am very happy with the result.”

Goalie Equipment Moving to Proportional Fitting?

Great video from NHL.com on goalie equipment. At the end Whitmore notes that “proportional fitting” is coming…exactly what Pete Smith was arguing against in his interview the other day.

What do you think? Should every goalie have the equal opportunity to wear equipment that covers the same area, or should it be sized to your body? Is it fair to amateurs to change the gear every year?

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