Winnipeg Goalie Most Recent NHLer for a Night The Canadian Press | November 15, 2018 Gavin McHale joined one of the most unique groups in sports on Wednesday night. The Winnipeg personal trainer and goaltending coach for the University of Manitoba Bisons women’s hockey team got the call to be an emergency goalie for the Washington Capi…
NHL GMs Discuss Goalie Gear, Divers, Seattle & CHL Draftees The Canadian Press | November 13, 2018 TORONTO — Certain members of the NHL’s goalie fraternity have voiced their displeasure with the league’s move to shrink chest protectors this season. Safety — more than a few netminders have complained about increased bruising — and…
6 NHL Teams Who Need New Goalies Trevor Beggs | October 30, 2018 Goaltending is often considered the most important position in hockey. For some teams early in the 2018-19 campaign, they’re starting to feel the effects of mediocre netminding. With Sergei Bobrovsky…
Five Fantasy Goalie Values Stephen Ground | September 29, 2018 Earlier this week, we at the Hockey Writers took a stab at ranking all 31 starting NHL goalies. But what ranking would be complete without some fantasy analysis? During the…
Goalie Workloads and the Stanley Cup Zeke | June 12, 2018 The recent Stanley Cup Final featured a goalie matchup between Braden Holtby of the Washington Capitals and Marc-Andre Fleury of the Vegas Golden Knights. And while many statistics were used…
Goalies Making Things Tougher Than They Should Be Mark Shiver | May 29, 2018 Goaltenders are always in the spotlight during an NHL game and their mistakes seem to loom longer than their success. The action gets crazy around the net and goalies either…
Best Goalies of the 2017-18 Regular Season Jeff Seide | May 5, 2018 Historically, there are three statistics that are looked at to evaluate and compare a goaltender: wins, goals against average (GAA) and save percentage (SV%). While they all have some merit,…
3 Old Goalies Breaking the Curve Kyle Gipe | March 27, 2018 Goalies are bizarre creatures. Their peculiar rituals include Patrick Roy talking to his goal posts and Glenn Hall making himself sick before every game. Regardless of the actual impact of said superstitions,…
Solving the Goalie Interference Problem Will Billinghurst | March 8, 2018 It seems to happen almost every game now, and even multiple times a game if you’re especially unlucky. Both new and experienced hockey fans have been equally confused since the…
The Legacy of Mike Liut Zachary Defreitas | January 18, 2018 On March 30, 1979, the World Hockey Association (WHA) officially folded and merged with the NHL. The merger added four teams to the league: the Edmonton Oilers, the Quebec Nordiques,…
5 Goalies’ Trends Affecting Their Team’s Performance Kyle Gipe | January 9, 2018 Teams are typically only as successful as their goaltending is good. Or maybe it’s that a goalie’s success is reflective of the quality of players in front of him. Either…
Early Vying for the Vezina Mark Shiver | December 29, 2017 “The Vezina Trophy is an annual award given to the goalkeeper adjudged to be the best at this position as voted by the general managers of all NHL clubs.” That…
