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Goalies, how far outside the crease are you playing.

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Okay, my mentors have been having me move further and further out since I started in net. I ask and always welcome any input after every game, some I take, some from skaters I take or leave depending on the advice. "Get a wider butterfly." Is one that I'm working on daily but I'm an old grunt and my abused joints aren't as tolerant as they were 10-18 years ago. So I leave that advice I leave on the ice.

Last night started up in between the hash marks and followed the play back but my angles in relation to the net were all out of whack mentally, and it felt like a gamble to keep square while moving back with the play in relation to opposing skater speed.

How far do you guys play out of the crease?

My comfort zone was generally heels at 3-6 inches in front of the crease as I had my 11 landmarks for my arc to keep my angles visually in relation to puck position.

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It is all up to the individual goalie. I rarely come out farther than the top of the crease. But I am pretty big and feel I can cover most of the net from there.

It just depends on the style you play as well, if you are having trouble staying on angle back it up a bit until you get more comfortable. One of the best drills I did was a kid was this rope drill where they tie rope to the posts and skate outwards. You can then see the exact position you have to be on the ice to cover the angles as the rope shows exactly what they can see of the net. Obviously this is hard to do without practise but if you can visualize someone doing it then it might help you out.

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As a goalie who is brand new and hasn't yet had the experience to be able to develop a style or a personal comfort with certain movements, I have to do things on a situational basis. So for me, I'm at the most just touching the red line around the crease unless I KNOW (or expect with a high amount of certainty) that a shot is coming from the point, in which case I'll be about a foot outside the crease.

The downside for me is that as soon as I'm outside the crease, it's very easy to lose my net because of my inexperience. So I generally only do that if I'm already square to the shooter. I'm sure I'll develop more "sense" as time goes by.

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As a newer goaltender myself, I rarely even leave the crease, except on breakaway/1 on 1 situations. I find that since my defense just can NOT grasp the concept of covering the far post, there is always an opposing forward wide open somewhere in that area. Staying back limits the distance needed to cover when reacting to the cross-ice shot. Also, being back gives me that little extra reaction time for when my D "blocks" the shot, right onto our own net.

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As a newer goaltender myself, I rarely even leave the crease, except on breakaway/1 on 1 situations. I find that since my defense just can NOT grasp the concept of covering the far post, there is always an opposing forward wide open somewhere in that area. Staying back limits the distance needed to cover when reacting to the cross-ice shot. Also, being back gives me that little extra reaction time for when my D "blocks" the shot, right onto our own net.

Nothing like having the D stick out his stick in the way and deflecting the puck right into your face. Seems to happen a lot.

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Pfft, a deflection into any part of me would be a gift. It's usually top corner or some other diving/reactionary save. If only the could get a shot on the OTHER net once in a while.

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When the play is at the other end, I'm probably three to five feet in front of the net. That is exaggerated, but it sort of reminds me to come out. I will start to back in (or back up at an angle) as the play approaches my end.

When it's in the "half court" game, I'm usually towards the edge of the crease, or slightly past when I have clear view of shots from further away.

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A lot depends on your size, and your style. For example, a taller/very athletic goalie like Lundqvist stays tight in his net. He very rarely leaves his crease, and definitely not very far. A lot of the goalies now-a-days are taller (at least 6' tall), so they can afford to sit back a little. 20-30 years ago, goalies were short dudes. Mike Richter, John Vanbeesbruck, Arturs Irbe, John Vanbiesbrouck, Andy Moog, etc were all shorter dudes... and usually played a little further out in the net.

I played goalie for 9 years growing up. All of those years, I was very small (shit, I'm still small). All of my goalie coaches made me come out to cut off the angles of the shooters. But it was really important to know how to get back quickly, and to make sure you knew where you were in the net. That just comes with experience. If you're a taller dude, I'd say don't go too much outside the crease. If you are a smaller dude, try pushing out about a foot... but NEVER leave the crease without tapping the posts to make sure you know where you are in the net.

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Top of the crease is good for me. I'm not super tall, but from the perspective of the puck I don't need to be very far out to cover the net. Plus, not being so far from the net allows me to be in good enough position for secondary chances and whatever else may happen.

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Okay, my mentors have been having me move further and further out since I started in net. I ask and always welcome any input after every game, some I take, some from skaters I take or leave depending on the advice. "Get a wider butterfly." Is one that I'm working on daily but I'm an old grunt and my abused joints aren't as tolerant as they were 10-18 years ago. So I leave that advice I leave on the ice.

Last night started up in between the hash marks and followed the play back but my angles in relation to the net were all out of whack mentally, and it felt like a gamble to keep square while moving back with the play in relation to opposing skater speed.

How far do you guys play out of the crease?

My comfort zone was generally heels at 3-6 inches in front of the crease as I had my 11 landmarks for my arc to keep my angles visually in relation to puck position.

I always found it easier to "base" myself at the center of the net because I can move out to the angle of the oncoming play, instead of starting outside the crease and trying to adjust the angle. So if the play is at the other end, I'm standing against the middle of the crossbar and move outwards when the play turns around. That lets me tap off as I move out to feel the net and double check my angle. Tapping off has always worked better for me than using visual cues for angles. The trick is you have to be quick in skating forward.

I can come up about halfway to the hash marks on a breakaway or shootout scenario; otherwise I'm at most a foot out of the crease or at the top of the crease for plays in the zone.

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it really depends for me.

I originally played really deep in my crease, but now i'm a little more adventurous and go to the top of the crease and move back or around as the play goes

The rest of the time i'm standing up with my arms up leaning on the cross bar like an OG

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The rest of the time i'm standing up with my arms up leaning on the cross bar like an OG

I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this. (although I'm actually secretly giving my arms and back a bit of a stretch, shh, tell no one.)

I try to play out around the edge of the crease, but as a newer goaltender I tend to creep back in fear of losing my place in the crease. I'm also basically afraid of just not being able to move quickly enough to get back into position. I'm getting better at this as I play and practice more.

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