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Originally Posted by hroark2112
Instead of shuffling, it looks like he's picking his leg up & "hopping" over. I guess if you have time to practice it, and you're comfortable with it, it might be effective.
My only problem with it is that, while you're bunny hopping across the goalie trail, you're committed to the move, and there's no way you can stop & change directions until you land!
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Yea. That is why you can only use it effectively in certain situations. If you let up a rebound at the top right of the crease and put the rebound in the left corner, you have to go all the way to the left post fast. Then you can do the "hop step" to get over as quickly as you can to get set. I think it would work in that situation because the opposing team is most likely still going to the puck and getting set for it, and for that short time you aren't really in danger of a shot. Unless, of course, there is a guy waiting for the puck in the corner, in which case you would probably not want to hop.