Pro Tips with Carey Price
- Carey Price's core teaching focuses on being square and fully set before a shot — a fundamental that carries from beginner hockey all the way to the NHL.
- Practice the crease drill: start at the top of the crease, push to the post, then return to the middle and get set before receiving a shot.
- Being set before each shot produced immediate, visible improvement in young goalies working with Price at the camp.
- NHL goalie coaches like Bill Ranford of the Los Angeles Kings have reinforced a renewed emphasis on being set and square even at the professional level.
- Basic goaltending fundamentals taught at youth camps are the same principles that backstopped Carey Price's run to the Stanley Cup Final.
It might seem obvious given the all the increased focus on the importance being square and set in our conversations with NHL goalies and goalie coaches over the past couple of years on the InGoal Radio Podcast, InGoal InPerson Webinars and Premium Member content. And this may be a simple drill with goalies just getting started on their journey, but given all that recent focus, and after watching Carey Price backstop the Montreal Canadiens to the Stanley Cup Final this summer, hearing him teach those basic fundamentals to the kids at the 2016 Eli Wilson Day with Price Camp felt like something worth sharing as a reminder of their importance.
Some of the goalies he’s working with in these clips may not even reach the crossbar yet, but the foundations he teaches have remained evident in Price’s game right up to the NHL, so while this may seem like a Pro Tip just for beginners, it’s a good reminder for goalies at all levels.
We’ll start by sharing the drill instructions and a couple of keys from Eli Wilson …
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