Thrashers Goalie Ondrej Pavelec went old school and stopped a shot without his mask.
Any goalie worth his salt probably has a more than a few stories about getting hit in the head by the puck, or better yet the evening of scores with the proverbial head-hunting psycho (yes, there’s one in every garage [...]
Continue Reading →Ever notice that a lot of goalies who wear a lexan throat protector, NHL’ers included, tend to tie the side strings through the cage itself rather than through the ear holes? The throat protector was made to pivot up and down, but attaching it this way causes it to balloon out in front of the [...]
Continue Reading →The flurry of comments and video highlights of Ondrej Pavelec’s “maskless” save vs. the Senators on Halloween night (and on the 50th anniversary of Jacques Plante’s first donning the mask no less!) caused me to reflect on the whole notion of how or why a goalie loses his or her mask in the [...]
Continue Reading →New regulations to keep goal pads proportional to the goaltenders’ size are complex and it is unclear if they will make any difference.
The most recent edition of the Hockey News has published an article Size Does Matter on upcoming changes to the rules to ensure goaltenders’ leg pads will be proportional to the size [...]
Continue Reading →Welcome back readers!
In my last article I talked about all the gear that you are going to need to get started in goal. In the next series of articles I want to cover each area, and give you insights on not only how to make an informed purchase, but also how to make sure [...]
Continue Reading →Here is part 2 of our interview with custom goalie equipment maker Alain Beaudry of Passau Hockey in Chambly, just outside Montreal.
Q: Ingoalmag.com recently posted a story about Hockey Canada’s decision to apply goalie equipment sizing norms to all minor goalies for September 2009. However, these rule changes, as well as the [...]
Continue Reading →When I was in second grade and still too young to get three words in a row spelled correctly, I wrangled my older sister into writing a letter for me to Le Club de Hockey Canadien. A month later a glossy 8 x 10 of my heroes decked out in the sacred bleu-blanc-rouge arrived, with [...]
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