Adding focus and fun to puck handling
Key Takeaways
- Place a glove in each corner during dump-and-pass drills to give goalies a specific passing target instead of a general area.
- Calgary Flames goalie coach Jason LaBarbera uses this drill to build passing accuracy alongside repetition in standard puck-handling work.
- Add a competitive element by requiring goalies to hit both gloves twice before switching sides, turning routine reps into a game.
- Young goalies can set up this drill independently during extra ice time — all it requires is two gloves and a puck.
- Martin Brodeur, third all-time in NHL goalie assists with 45, credited simply shooting pucks as key to becoming elite at playing the puck.
It’s a simple puck-handling drill, one we’ve witness countless times over the years at all levels right up to the NHL. But when Calgary Flames goalie coach Jason LaBerbera added his own simple twist to increase the focus (and fun) earlier this season, we knew we had to share.
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