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Thatcher Demko in Canucks gear demonstrates butterfly balance during 4x rotation drill in practice

Four Times Rotation added to Game Day Routine by Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko

Goaltenders are famously creatures of habit, so when Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko added a new drill to his established game-day routine this season, our eyes naturally widened.

The drill is called Four Times Rotation, and Demko and Canucks goalie coach Ian Clark explain it for us below, but first see if you can track the four rotations in this quick sample video:

Still ahead in this article:

Demko names the exact thing Four Times Rotation fixed in his butterfly — and the cue Ian Clark watches for first — in the next paragraph.

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