Post Play and Depth Decisions on Pop Passes and Scrambles with Eric Comrie
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It’s been more than a month since we last heard from Eric Comrie, who made his return to Pro Reads late last summer after almost four years away.
That’s far too long for a goalie who has always openly shared how he — and playing partner Connor Hellebuyck and Winnipeg Jets goalie coach Wade Flaherty — look at the game, both in real time and in video breakdown sessions like these.
THE SEQUENCE
Comrie is facing a wild in-zone sequence at the end of a period against the Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes, one that features several decisions on post integration, a low-high pop pass and broken play recoveries, but we start here:
In the freeze frame above, the puck is below the goal line, but the pass is coming and there are two options – one on the same side in tight, and another higher in the zone in the middle of the ice. Given these options, does RVH make sense here to you?
If that pass goes to the same-side option, what adjustment are you making?
If it goes higher in the zone, are you recovering to your feet or staying down?
Does the time on the clock matter at all in these sequences?
THE SAVE
Now watch the save clip to see how it unfolded. Ask yourself those same questions, but also pay close attention to how Comrie handled the play leading up to that pass, including when he stands or drops on the post (and ask yourself why that might be), as well as the broken play scramble that follows it:
As you watch the save, you may have noticed Comrie was originally in the RVH, gets back to his feet and then drops back down in the RVH early on – can you identify the patterns and reasons for those decisions? Can you see why he chose RVH before Taylor Hall makes the pass out the middle? What about the decision to get back up to his feet once that pass ends up going to the defenseman? And the recovery after?
Can you tell where the shot is headed before he takes it? Why?
THE PRO READ
Now let’s hear from Comrie and get his thoughts on how he played all of that:
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