Pro Tips with Carey Price
- Use the thigh rise of your pad to simplify steering low blocker-side shots without overcommitting your stick.
- Avoid big stick motions on far-side low shots — small, controlled redirects keep the puck out of the slot.
- T-pushes are an effective drill to restart leg movement and can be combined with low shots to activate hand and stick technique.
- Stick save technique differs by shot location: Price and Eli Wilson advise against using the stick on low short-side shots.
- Lead with the head and hands during crease movement, a principle that connects directly to this stick save technique.
While the hockey world buzzes over the Montreal Canadiens leaving Carey Price exposed to the Seattle Kraken as part of the expansion draft this week, InGoal Magazine will ignore past conversations with Price about that possibility and instead focus again on the instructional conversations he’s had with young goalies over the years at his Eli Wilson camp.
This time it’s a quick and simple tip from Price about stick saves, and how to use your stick to prevent those low, far-side shots from ending up back in the slot. We’ll start by sharing some instruction from Wilson from the 2016 Day with Price camp in the BC Interior:
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