My son is a first year midget goalie and a little on the small side. He is currently going through tryouts and has impressed the coaches enough with his ability to stop the puck that they currently rank him 2nd among the four goalies left. Where the coach has concerns about his play is in his ability and willingness to wander out in front front of his net and aggressively play the puck up to his teamates. This has not been a big part of his game but it is something this particular coach wants to see in his midget rep goalies.
Are there some basic principles (dos and don'ts) to this part of the game. For instance, I don't see any use passing it to your d man when he is racing back to your end and is on your side of the blue line so passing it up to one of your forwards would be a better choice in this situation.
Thanks
Posted on Sep 19, 2006, 10:06 AM from IP address 142.22.16.58
