InGoal Radio Episode 70: New Jersey Devils Mackenzie Blackwood
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Mackenzie Blackwood didn't start playing goalie until age 12, yet developed into an NHL starter with the New Jersey Devils. In a nearly hour-long interview on InGoal Radio, Blackwood discusses his technical development, self-awareness as a young professional, and reveals the inside story behind why he played much of his early NHL career wearing borrowed gloves.
- Blackwood didn't begin playing goaltender until age 12, making his path to the NHL an unusually late-starting development story.
- Despite his youth, Blackwood demonstrates advanced self-awareness about his technical game and how to perform at the professional level.
- Blackwood shares specific technical goaltending details aimed at a goalie-savvy audience, going deeper than typical mainstream hockey interviews.
- Blackwood played a significant portion of his early NHL career in borrowed gloves — and explains the surprising reason why at the end of the episode.
Feature Interview
presented by NHL Sense Arena
Mackenzie Blackwood spent nearly an hour talking about his development as a young goaltender in the National Hockey League, including some specific technical details reserved for the goalie-savvy InGoal audience. He didn’t start playing goal until he was 12 (!) and yet he understands himself, his game and how to play as a professional well beyond his years. And hang on till the end for Woody’s “one more question” which details an inside story of why Blackwood played so much of his early NHL career in borrowed gloves…
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