GoalieU: Read & React with Rick Wamsley
Episode 12 – East-West One-Timer with Ottawa Senators Prospect Jackson Parsons
- Identify the shooter's handedness and position: a left shot on the right side near the face-off dot almost always means you slide across on your knees to defend the one-timer.
- Use a left-foot C-cut to create squareness before your right-foot push to get on angle — the rotation before the push is key regardless of how you were taught.
- Patience after the slide is a skill: Jackson Parsons demonstrates hitting the brakes with his left foot, getting up, and resetting rather than sliding through his angle.
- Reading a backdoor pass means anticipating a one-time shot, but staying disciplined enough to recover and reset if the shot doesn't come.
- Wamsley's GoalieU series breaks down the 10 most common ways goals are scored using real OHL game clips to teach goalies the 'why' behind each decision.
Rick Wamsley spent 13 seasons stopping pucks in the NHL, another 15 as an NHL goalie coach, and currently scouts goalies for the Colorado Avalanche, so he knows the game and the position
In this InGoal series, Wamsley takes us inside his process for reading the game and making decisions under pressure. Each episode is based off the daily video work Wamsley does at GoalieU, breaking down a real game clip from the OHL to help you see what the goalie sees – and understand the “why” behind each choice they make. The series runs monthly as Wamsley works through the 10 most common ways that goals are scored.
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About Rick’s Read and React
Each month, Wamsley will dissect a different game situation – from rush chances to net-front battles – showing how elite goalies process the game in real time. Think of it as a “film room” for your goalie IQ. As Wamsley explained on a recent episode of the InGoal Radio Podcast, his approach was influenced by a visit to Europe as part of group of Hockey Canada goalie coaches and learning how Finland broke down the 10 most common ways to score. His analysis is anchored in that philosophy, and how goalies can counter each.
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