Awareness, Rotation and Projection Keys on Backdoor Plays

Dustin Wolf is one of the best young goalies in the game and an informative delight in these video breakdown sessions, so after a month sharing this space with others, it’s time to get back to the Calgary Flames sophomore for another Pro Reads.

THE SEQUENCE

After deep diving his incredible breakaway and shootout skills in the last Pro Reads, we’re back to more settled in-zone play this time against the Buffalo Sabres:

THE SAVE

Now watch the entire save sequence, going all the way back to the zone entry by the Sabres and see if you can answer those same questions before the final play:

THE PRO READ

Now that we know where the puck goes, what clues were there that a player might be open on the backdoor? That’s the read portion of this save, but what do you notice about the save execution? What stands out as key to Wolf making it?
Now let’s hear from Wolf’s thoughts on managing breakaways:

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