Generally speaking, there's not a lot of time to practice on the road, especially when you're playing a condensed schedule, in multiple cities with travel in-between. On this trip however, 4-of-the-5 games were in the Greater New York area, so we did enjoy the luxury of scheduling a team practice. The trip had opened with a loss in Montreal, but then (despite giving up 12 goals), we managed a three game win streak, even though neither of our goalies looked particularly sharp. We knew we were fortunate to get the wins, just like we knew we couldn't keep relying on our offense to outscore the opposition.
So we had Glen Hanlon work with our goalies for about an hour each.
Hanlon: "Okay, nice fluid motion. Ready?... Down-up, down-up, side-to-side, side-to-side! Square to the shooter at all times. Nice tall posture, keep yourself big in the net!... That's it, good job!"
After putting them through their paces, Glen worked on some visualization exercises.
Hanlon: "Tell me, who was your biggest crush in high school?... Donna Tessmer? Okay, every time you see a puck, that's another guy trying to take Donna to the dance. It's your job to stop them and keep Donna all to yourself!"
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Week: 18