Pro Tips with Dwayne Roloson ‘Framing’ and ‘Parking’ Help Manage High and Low Shot Games
Key Takeaways
- Goalies who thrive in high-shot environments often struggle immediately when traded to dominant, low-shot teams — Curtis Joseph and Dominik Hasek both experienced this adjustment in Detroit.
- Raw shot totals do not reliably measure game difficulty: of 482 NHL games with 50-plus shots since tracking began, only 128 produced a save percentage of 0.900 or below.
- Use 'framing' and 'parking' techniques to stay mentally engaged and maintain focus during low-shot games.
- Dwayne Roloson has been coaching goalies since retiring from the NHL in 2012 and covered shot management strategies on Episode 301 of the InGoal Radio Podcast.
- Recognize that both extremes — too many shots and too few — create unique mental challenges that require deliberate coping strategies.
The grass is always greener on the other side. Or I guess… the crease is always bluer at the other end? This metaphor is collapsing pretty quickly, but you get my drift.
It’s about the way a goalie on a strong team who faces 20 or fewer shots a game might look to the other end and say “Man, I’m bored. I wish I was getting more shots.”
And the goalie at the other end, facing 50-plus, more rubber than human being at this point, might think “I miss getting time to breathe.”
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