Jet Greaves Pro Reads 10 – Tips to Manage Scans, Screens and Scrambles
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Jet Greaves is off to Europe this week to prepare to represent Canada at the upcoming World Championships in Switzerland, a deserved honor after a standout first full NHL season.
InGoal had a chance to catch up with the Columbus Blue Jackets goalie during the season, which gave us the opportunity to do a quick video session with the insightful 24-year-old. Greaves quickly became a Pro Reads favourite after breaking down a memorable NHL debut against his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs two summers ago and didn’t disappoint this time.
THE SEQUENCE
In this clip Greaves is facing an in-zone play out of the corner against the Buffalo Sabres:
What information are you looking for as this puck ends up in the corner?
Who is the most dangerous player on the ice at this point?
What do you notice about Greaves in this freeze frame? Any thoughts on being in a Reverse?
The Save
There’s more to this clip than that initial sequence, but ask those questions as the play unfolds:
Beyond the initial play out of the corner, what do you think was the key to Greaves being able to manage a difficult screen shot from the point? And what did you make of poking the rebound away like he did rather than trying to perhaps reel it in and cover it?
THE PRO READ
Now let’s hear from Greaves on what he saw on this play and how he managed it:
Greaves breaks down exactly how many times he looked off the puck in this sequence — and the specific word he uses to describe what he was building in those moments is in the next paragraph.
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- Jet Greaves breaks down his save on a screen shot from the point against the Buffalo Sabres, managing a scramble that began with an in-zone play out of the corner.
- Greaves scanned off the puck three times as it moved below the goal line, using time when there was no shooting threat to build a picture of the zone before the shot arrived.
- Getting to his set position early — before the point shot was released — was the key factor Greaves identified in successfully handling the screen.
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