This year he is struggling to break the slump. Now, throughout his career, we have seen him go through slumps. This season, so far, we have seen a struggling Lundqvist. The studies showed that when a goaltender made a save, the fixation on the puck started sooner and was about an eighth of a second longer than when they gave up the goal. However, there isn’t always 60’6’’ between the goalie and a shooter.Ī study done at the University of Calgary has shown that goaltenders direct about 70 percent of their eyes fixations to the puck.Īs a player goes through his shooting motion the not so obvious is the amount of time a goaltender spends of focusing on the puck, this is the difference between making the save or not. A slap-shot is the hockey equivalent of a fastball. Understandable, but I also believe stopping a slap-shot could be atop the list. They say the hardest thing to do in any sport is hitting a fastball. There is nowhere for a goalie to hide, not only is the media everywhere with cameras, but you also have the fans with their phones. Unlike the forward or defense position, the goalie usually is easier to point out during a slump. The goalie position is a position where if you’re slumping everyone notices. He is the consistent variable in a hockey game.’’ This quote is from Dave Maloney, on an episode of MSG Profiles, a documentary on New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist. However, a goalie in hockey is there for 60 minutes.

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