Pro Drills: LA Kings 2 Puck Sharp Angle Drill
Watching Cam Talbot and David Rittich working on this simple two-puck sharp-angle drill before a recent practice in Vancouver, it was hard not to notice them choosing different save selections on the initial shot from near the bottom of the face-off circle.
At various points, Talbot and Rittich mixed in everything from squaring up in a butterfly, to an overlap, to a variety of Reverse-VH options, including a standard skate-on-post Reverse, a Reverse that pushed out into more of a butterfly, and some shin-on-post Reverse:
Still ahead in this article:
First-year Kings goalie coach Mike Buckley explains exactly why the mixed save selections weren't accidental — and what he's specifically trying to preset in his goalies' minds comes next.
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