Power Within III Excerpt: Boston Bruins Jeremy Swayman
- Jeremy Swayman credits Linus Ullmark as the best goalie partner he has had, describing their relationship as built entirely on mutual support and positive communication.
- Successful goalie tandems require both partners to be open to a support-system dynamic — not all goalie pairings naturally reach that level of trust.
- Swayman and Ullmark shared detailed conversations about specifics like nutrition, each contributing their own experience to help the other improve.
- Ullmark actively monitored Swayman's confidence and called it out when his swagger was missing, demonstrating the accountability elite goalie partners can provide.
- The Power Within III book includes goaltending insights from Tim Thomas, Bill Ranford, Sean Burke, Mitch Korn, and Brian Elliott alongside the Swayman excerpt.
The brand new The Power Within III book is out, and InGoal Magazine has teamed up with co-authors Justin Goldman and Mike Valley to provide exclusive excerpts to our Premium Members.
You can hear more from Valley about the interview process, guests and their anecdotes in the next Episode of the InGoal Radio Podcast, and we’ve got more excerpts coming from a list of goalies and coaches that includes Tim Thomas, Mitch Korn, Bill Ranford, Sean Burke, Brian Elliott, Thomas Magnusson, Alfie Michaud and Hannu Nykvist.
Today we start with some great insights from Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman on his famous relationship with Linus Ullmark, and advice on how to best manage different goalie partnerships and personalities:
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