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Originally Posted by greatsave31
crease movements: you got the t-push thing down but work on shuffles, opposite leg recovery, and b-fly slides. that should help ya get in the right direction
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That is some of the most important stuff and pretty much everything has been said. Dont worry if you have a bad first game on ice, I sucked BIG TIME on my first game of ice, but you get used to it really fast and try to get goalie skates because there might not look like much difference but there is trust me. Player skates have a different blade than goalie skates that allow you to have a deeper stance without slipping and they have butterfly protection (guards on the front of the skate it hurts quite a bit getting shot there with player skates on) Just get a feel for the ice and ALWAYS stretch before playing even if you stretch for like 3 mins thats better than nothing. Skate around a bit before playing, practice dropping to the butterfly, practice your b-fly slides and practice your stance on the ice, just go into your stance and drop to the b-fly and getting up as fast as you can, just repeat this and get a feel for the ice, also practice pushing off with your legs and sliding this is really important. Hope that helps you I made the transiction from floor to ice and it was hard the first time but trust me ice hockey is alot of fun! Good luck!!
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