Can Goalies Get Better Picking Up Pucks After Practice?

The Coachella Valley Firebirds playoff practice had been over for a while, and goalie coach Colin Zulianello had already run through extra drills with Seattle Kraken prospects Ales Stezka and Victor Ostman long after every forward and defenseman was gone.

The only thing left to do was pick up the pucks before the Zamboni came on the ice, but that doesn’t mean the development opportunity and skill-building was over.

InGoal Magazine had already packed up our main camera after the final drill ended but had to pull out the phone to capture what turned out to be a gamified puck gathering exercise that included elements of puck tracking and eye-hand coordination: