Troy Grosenick

Troy Grosenick went more than six years between NHL starts before making the most of a return opportunity with the Los Angeles Kings in the 2020–21 season. Born on August 27, 1989, in Brookfield, Wisconsin, the left-catching goaltender stands 6'1" and weighs 181 pounds.

When the Kings gave Grosenick his first start back, he made 33 saves to backstop a 5-1 win against the Anaheim Ducks. His second start came in the final game of that season against a Colorado Avalanche team that needed a win to clinch the President's Trophy and home-ice advantage in the playoffs. Grosenick finished those two starts with a .922 save percentage across his NHL career, which spans 4 games, 2 wins, 2 losses, a 2.27 goals-against average, a .933 save percentage, and 1 shutout.

After the Kings, Grosenick signed with the Boston Bruins as a free agent. He is most recently known to have been under contract with the Minnesota Wild.

InGoal Magazine has covered Troy Grosenick in three Pro Reads. In his debut Pro Reads session Pro-Reads with Troy Grosenick, Grosenick walked through two rush chances by Avalanche forward Joonas Donskoi from that final Kings game, including a solo rush and a 2-on-1 featuring Andre Burakovsky. He described the real-time experience of goaltending as instinct-driven rather than analytical, explaining that consciously breaking down every element during a game would lead to "paralysis by analysis." He also reflected on how video work serves as a way to identify keys that can eventually become instinctual on the ice. "If you really want to get good at it, there's little things you can pick up all the time watching," Grosenick said. "You don't have to be playing to learn and your mind automatically starts to recognize the patterns even if when you're in the moment you're not thinking about why."

On the 2-on-1 sequence, Grosenick discussed how trust in his defensemen shaped his read. "The shooter is my guy," he said. "Obviously, you can't 100 percent know the pass isn't going backdoor but if you have enough trust in your D-men you can focus on that puck." That session also prompted InGoal to reference a drill Grosenick had previously worked on with Evgeni Nabokov at the NET360 Goalie Camp when both were with the San Jose Sharks.

A follow-up session Pro-Reads with Troy Grosenick focused on a play generated from behind the net against the Anaheim Ducks — the same start in which Grosenick made 33 saves. He broke down more than seven minutes of analysis from a single sequence, addressing his post play and being candid about small details he might execute differently in the future, including his backside anchor leg. Describing his rebound management on a poke check in tight, he offered: "It's almost like a cobra head, really quick and right back."

A third session Pro-Reads with Troy Grosenick examined a power-play sequence against the Anaheim Ducks, with Grosenick explaining his decision-making around angle and rebound control. "I know I don't have to get a ton of outward push. I just have to get on my angle," he said. "If you are on your angle from there he's going to have to make a really good shot... It's just about getting that angle and getting your center mass in front of it." He also addressed how the handedness of the shooter and the positioning of Ducks forward Adam Henrique factored into his read.