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Oh, sorry Daemyn- I didn't mean to step on your toes. Your post is also quite correct but I wanted to elaborate on this arc motion because many goalies don't know about it.
We've all had a million of those zingers where the guy skates across the crease and as you follow him he shoots BACK from where you just came. You look over your shoulder and the whole net is there- wide open. You were caught flat footed and out of position.
This "arc" technique really prevents that from happening because you're always playing the angle. Also, it prevents him bursting with speed and beating you on the side you're already travelling because as his angle gets worse (he's moving more to the side of the net) you are "arcing" your motion back to the post to seal off the bad angle short-side shot. A big mistake is some goalies would probably actually follow this guy all the way across to the faceoff dot- or even the wall! That makes you easy to beat as hell! You have to pull off him at a point and remember to play the angle which means going deeper in the net after a point!
Of course, as daemyn said, go down too soon and it's probably all over!
Bernie
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