Pheonix Copley is coming off a breakout season with the Los Angeles Kings that included a 24-6-3 record while playing 37 games, more than doubling his career NHL total in games played in the previous 10 pro seasons. We caught up with the North Pole, Alaska native for a recent episode of the InGoal Radio Podcast and he was kind enough to stick around for a video session after.
THE SAVE SEQUENCE
Copley’s Pro Reads debut is a two-part sequence against the Edmonton Oilers historically good power play, starting with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins below the dot with the puck on his forehand:
As Nugent-Hopkins works towards the goal line, Copley enters his Reverse:
THE SEQUENCE
There’s a second part to this power play sequence, but rather than splitting up the freeze frame breakdowns, watch the video with both plays and ask yourself the same questions in terms of Copley’s positioning and post-entry decisions, and then as the puck ends up down in the corner to Copley’s left, see if you can identify the most dangerous player in the next part.
THE PRO READ
Now let’s hear Copley on his approach to Nugent-Hopkins and Draisaitl in both parts.
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