Connor Hellebuyck Wins 2024 Vezina Trophy

Connor Hellebuyck won the 2024 Vezina Trophy as the NHL’s best goalie for a second time on Thursday, beating second place finisher Thatcher Demko by a wide margin with 31 of 32 first-place votes, something predicted in our annual statistical breakdown. Hellebuyck also won the award in 2020, which made this the perfect time to look back at all the times the Winnipeg Jets No.1 goalie – and the coaches he works with, on and off the ice — has shared insights and advice at InGoal Magazine.

Since it’s the offseason, it feels especially fitting to start with the off-ice work featuring Hellebuyck and his long-time trainer Adam Francilia. The duo has worked together since 2017 and in 2020 shared a six-part training sequence designed to eliminate counter-rotation, a common error that causes unnecessary delays in goalie movements, by strengthening and re-patterning neuromuscular firing patterns with this series:

Off-Ice with Adam Francilia: Counter-Rotation Series Summary