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In this Episode of the InGoal Radio Podcast presented by The Hockey Shop Source for Sports , we catch up with Bob Essensa to talk about everything from a playing career that started, as so many do, as the little brother that was forced into the net and ended with six NHL teams over 12 seasons before becoming the Boston Bruins goaltending coach in 2003. The man they call Goalie Bob shares insights as a goalie who played in the “fear factor” era, when shots really hurt, and through the evolution to equipment that not only better protected you, but also pads that actually rotated in the butterfly. He talks about staying current in an ever shifting coaching environment, and working with a future Hall of Fame goaltender like Tuukka Rask, including all the questions and criticisms he gets from other goaltending coaches in the summer about Rask’s preference for “shin on post” on sharp-angle plays. The answer is revealing.

In The Hockey Shop’s Gear Segment we speak with Cam about the PadSkinz, the easy-to-apply do-it-yourself way to change up your pad and glove colors and graphics if you find yourself changing teams for spring or summer hockey, and a perfectly timed segment given the NHL trade deadline left goalies like Jack Campbell doing the same to transform his Los Angeles Kings equipment into Toronto Maple Leafs colours.

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By now of course you have heard the story of David Ayres the Carolina Hurricanes Emergency Backup Goalie (EBUG).

Cat Silverman did more than just share the story with our readers, she has a different look at what happened in Toronto on the weekend. What's the rule? Why couldn't our guest from the InGoal Radio Podcast, Jorge Alves, who had already been an EBUG get into the game for Carolina? And more...

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