Confused

[goaliepowa]

At least once or twice a game I seem to be letting in a goal against me from when I make the save and the puck bounces off me then goes into the net. Am I doing something wrong here or what?

[daveB]

Well we need you to be a little more descriptive, is it squeaking through? is it bouncing straight up off your blocker and hitting you on the head then rolling in? are the rebounds rolling into the net? There could be a lot of things wrong, why dont you give us a situation in particular.

Until we know the situation in detail we cant help you.


However it sounds like Two (2) things are wrong.

1) your angles are off and the puck deflects off you into the net

2) you are playing too deep in the crease thus the puck will deflect off you and go in.

[digitalcrease]

Originally posted by goaliepowa
At least once or twice a game I seem to be letting in a goal against me from when I make the save and the puck bounces off me then goes into the net. Am I doing something wrong here or what?

As Dave said, needs to be a little more descriptive. However, you also do not need to post it in multiple forums.

jagger

[goaliepowa]

Ok, example. Tonight in my game I got shot at from glove side and saved it with my blocker but it bounced off and went in. Yesterday night I was shot at from straight out and saved it with my elbow but it bounced off and went in behind me.

[daveB]

Originally posted by goaliepowa
Ok, example. Tonight in my game I got shot at from glove side and saved it with my blocker but it bounced off and went in. Yesterday night I was shot at from straight ahead and saved it with my elbow but it bounced off and went in behind me.

Ok, this sounds like poor save choices and bad angles.

If the shot is going glove side why are you going to deflect it with your blocker? you should just glove it and then either freeze it, or drop it and push it aside to one of your d-men. The shot that hit off your elbow is bad angles, if its coming from "straight ahead" you should be facing the puck, thus it hits you in the bread basket, groin area, or pads depending on where the shot was and whether or not you b-flyed. NOW the shot could have been deflected and then you would have just been lucky to get a piece of it with your elbow but I think with a little more work on angles and making better save choices you shouldnt have any shots deflect off you and into the net.

With that said, i am still working on deflecting pucks safetly to the corner with my blocker, I have been known to deflect a puck into the net off the blocker, it wasnt bad save choice nor bad angles but still sometimes a shot will deflect off you into the net. I would think spending a few more minutes during warm-ups/practice on positioning should improve your play.

Any of the more "grizzled" goalies out there wanna give their opinion?

[az]

Originally posted by goaliepowa
Ok, example. Tonight in my game I got shot at from glove side and saved it with my blocker....

Dave, maybe he meant that the shooter was located on his glove side. If he catchers with the left hand, the shooter was on the left side of the zone.

Or does he mean the shot ARRIVED at his glove side? If that's the case, Dave's advice has merit.

Also, are pucks deflecting off him WIDE and still going in? Then the problem is probably angles and crease positioning. If pucks are deflecting THROUGH him and in, then the problems are probably located in his specific save executions.

Overall, it's still a little unclear.

[goaliepowa]

The guy was on my glove side and shot it. Actually though I'm probably tilting my blocker too much.

[RRG]

Like the others have suggested before me the angles seem a tad off and you chest should be square to the puck. Also try to make sure you are not "punching" at the puck with your glove and blocker. If they are hitting you and then coming off strong playing a tad further out may help. I saw a guy who was playing so deep in his crease he would routinely make the save but then because of not squeezing off the holes tight enough about 3 of 5 would go in. Just by coming out to the top of the crease and tightening up the holes most of them stopped going by.