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Dallas Stars goalie Scott Wedgewood in butterfly position making a save during crease movement drill

Pro Drills with Scott Wedgewood

Kevin Woodley | Co-Founder & Managing Editor — InGoal Magazine | | 3 min read

Co-founder and Managing Editor of InGoal Magazine. NHL.com correspondent covering the Vancouver Canucks and author of the Unmasked series. Previously with the Associated Press, USA Today, Sports Illustrated, and The Hockey News.

Key Takeaways
  • Wedgewood and coach Jeff Reese use a five-spot power-play layout — two off-net players, a point quarterback, and both flanks — to simulate realistic crease movement patterns.
  • Physical contact from the goaltending coach during drills doubles as a heart rate workout, mimicking the wear of in-game bumps and screen situations.
  • Wedgewood progressed through 20-, 30-, and 40-second work segments with 30-second breaks, allowing training staff to monitor heart rate during rehab.
  • Crease movements include shuffles between two spots, T-pushes, and post integrations — a sequence Wedgewood tailors to his aggressive, top-of-the-crease style.
  • Smaller goalies who play at the top of the paint benefit from drilling active engagement and precise positioning rather than relying on height to track point shots.

Scott Wedgewood image: Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire

Dallas Stars goalie Scott Wedgewood and goaltending coach Jeff Reese added a tiring new twist to crease movement drills at the end of a rehab skate in Vancouver earlier this week.

Simply put, Reese positioned himself atop the crease and battled with Wedgewood, who is in the process of working his way back from a lower-body injury, as he performed a variety of crease movements. Wedgewood’s crease movement patterns weren’t to blind spots, however, as Reese positioned pucks in five different spots on the ice typical of a power-play attack.

“We had an off-net guy on each side, a top-of-the-point quarterback and both flanks,” said Wedgewood. “Pick your five spots and pretty much just going through any kind of plays you might expect to see. So, you’ve got weak side one-timers, screens up top, integrations in and out of the post. We’re in the middle of a workout and he’s giving me a little bit of a battle.”

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