I really appreciate all of the input. I have a practice tomorrow and will probably see these situations again. Although I did enjoy the "whack him in the mellon" approach, I am not ready to get thrown out of a game yet (ie brodour)

I have only one other issue that seem to plauge me regulary. The lone break away, coming straight down through the slot. The shooted sliding the puck very quickly back and forth the full reach of his stick, only to come in and seemingly at will go low to either side, or high to either side. I have only beat this a few times, once with a poke I pulled out of my a** and once with a highlite reel stack pad. One kid does this to me regularly, and he NEVER shoots from inside the crease.

What do you do you face this? Fade back to the goal line and scare-crow between the posts? Butterfly and keep your arms high? lunge poke and pray you get it? or just make a dive and try to cover while its still on his stick?