Joey Daccord ProRead
Reading a Rush and React-vs-Block Decisions
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Joey Daccord has been busy since InGoal Magazine connected with him on the eve of training camp for both a can’t miss Podcast Episode and an informative Pro Reads session, signing a five-year contract extension with the Seattle Kraken shortly after, and coming off a shutout Wednesday to extend his personal win streak to five games.
Daccord is no stranger to Pro Reads, having done an extended sit down during his time with the Ottawa Senators way back in 2021, and our follow-up with the insightful puck-stopper already produced a memorable and informative first Pro Reads in Kraken colors, but almost a month has passed so we figured it was time to check back in on the Seattle stopper.
THE SEQUENCE
After opening with a couple of memorable sequences from Daccord’s Winter Classic MVP performance, this time he is facing the Washington Capitals and a rush chance that includes one of — and likely soon to be the — greatest goal scorer in NHL history:
Daccord isn’t even in the frame yet but what information are you looking for at this point of what is essentially a 3-on-2 after a broken play in the neutral zone?
Does the fact it is a defenseman (Joel Edmundson) skating down the middle of the ice and a forward (Dylan Strome) carrying it over the blue line on right wing affect your thinking?
What about the fact it’s a Seattle forward, not a defenseman, chasing Strome?
Do you have to treat the puck carrier any different because of those factors?
Fast forward a few seconds and the puck is in the middle, so how has the rush read changed for you as a goalie at this point? What factors, other than the fact it is a defenseman with the puck and Ovechkin calling for it, do you have to consider?
Does handedness matter? What do you make of Daccord’s positioning and an apparent slight body lean away from Ovechkin at this point in the sequence?
THE SAVE
Now watch it play out and ask yourself the same questions:
Can you see whey Daccord was leaning a bit left when the puck was passed into the middle? Can you see what factors made this an easy anticipation for him?
As he comes across do you think he’s trying to react or block on Ovechkin?
THE PRO READ
Now let’s hear from Daccord on how he saw this sequence unfold and he managed it:
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- Daccord breaks down his save on a 3-on-2 rush against the Washington Capitals, with Alex Ovechkin threatening as a receiver off a pass from the middle of the ice.
- Daccord explains why an apparent body lean away from Ovechkin is a deliberate positioning choice tied to his read of who holds the puck and where the pass is likely going.
- When a defenseman carries the puck into the zone with a elite goal scorer calling for it, Daccord describes treating the handedness and positioning of the receiver as key factors in his rush read.
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