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I seriously can't take it anymore. It's not the 80's. Stop posting input and advice based on what happened in the 80s. Just stop. You have absolutely no idea what the hell you're talking about. The game has changed. And it is painfully clear that you have not changed with it. I don't think I've seen you post one piece of information that is relevant in today's game. I can't tell if you're serious or just being a troll. I suspect the latter. Because of the ability to slide laterally on the pad, goaltending has become about getting wide and creating depth as soon as possible. The width of the stance covers the bottom of the net and allows lateral movement, the depth eliminates the aerial angle. There's no moving a leg out or bringing it in anymore. Now the pads stay in place because of the wide stance and the knees drive to the ice, That's faster than anything because the length of travel is short, and the stick covers some of the vulnerable area. If anything, Chris isn't wide enough. Don't reply or argue. Just learn.

That's more goals than I've scored in my life, my season high is 3...

....not that it matters, but my stat was wrong above, 35 goals in 12 games....

Things have actually been going pretty well with hockey. I have a nice routine down at the gym (and elsewhere) practicing hand-eye with a tennis ball and it's been very helpful. My whole body is still pretty slow, but I track the play much better, so until I shed another (x) pounds and get literally lighter, one does what one can. Yesterday was a good game for the most part - it's pickup, we played for like an hour and a half, I let in a tolerable number of goals for pickup (like 7 or 8?) - excepting near the end. So I've just covered a shot. Blocked it with my pad and smothered it under my glove. The puck is covered, it is going nowhere, I am in partial tetris position at the post. This one player, though, keeps jamming at my hand. My teammates are trying to get him to stop (bless them) but it's going on forever with no end in sight. Since I really like my hand, I go to poke this guy with my stick, and accidentally prod him in the crotch. Not very hard, but accidentally pegging anybody in the crotch (male or female really) isn't good, and I take full ownership of that. However, his immediate response was to cross-check me in the head. Hard. Then skate off to the bench and bitch to everyone about what I did. I am dizzy at this point, but it's near the end of the game so whatever. I apologized to him after the game, of course. He did not really apologize to me (there was a "sorry if I hit you", which is bull, because he absolutely hit me), so I'm a little salty about that. But my play was good, so I feel okay about that at least.

You have the right idea about coming out to cut the angle off, but you are coming out to early; this gives them a larger portion of the net by just using the length of there stick. You are vulnerable because you can't back skate fast enough. The way you are coming out now is how you would handle a shot from the point because from out there you are talking up most of the net . When the play is coming at you you have to come out and meet the play, not go out and anticipate the play coming or wait for it to come to you. Legs are a little to wide .it's faster to put the leg out then it is to pull it in had a couple shooters that sweeping your stick . You are screwed as far as having defensemen doing anything to help you .