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The mantra that has helped me best is "I'm seeing the puck well." I picture it 10x times bigger than it is. I say this throughout the game.
If for whatever reason the puck is going into my net...I not only say the above I focus on keeping my chest to the puck.
Weird bounces happen. I do get mad and let it go immediately. I don't find trying to be stoaic true to myself. I may pound my stick but that it is. I then reply the goal making the save. Goals really don't take me out of my game per se, I just need my team to score. Sometimes they just can't seem to do that so that 2nd goal was all it took for the other team to win.
I love the break-aways and shoot outs when I can be one-on-one. So when that one person keeps scoring on me, I try coming out bigger and brasher. The more aggressive I am, the better I feel. At least then I tried something and made them make a move. Many times they just end up having to make that one more move to shoot; luck for me their shot misses. Then sometimes, they just fake me out of my skates. Hockey, what a sport!
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