Goaltending styles always change a bit, and you’ll see, with the new rules, you’ll see that a lot...

Goaltending styles always change a bit, and you’ll see, with the new rules, you’ll see that a lot of guys don’t even close their gloves anymore. Henrik Lundqvist, our guy—this just happened in the last year—we had one glove that we beefed up quite a bit in the palm because he was going to use it for practice, every day he was getting 200 shots against him, and he doesn’t want to get hurt in practice, but he realized that once he made the glove stiffer, it was bigger, and he taught himself how to catch it like a lacrosse stick, kind of cradling the puck in, and it seems like more and more guys are doing that now.

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We were talking the other day about Henrik and his glove side. I mentioned that he can’t even close his glove so I thought I’d go back and source the article so you guys could give it a read.

Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.

by zephyr on Dec 13, 2009 7:39 PM EST reply actions

Ah. I remember that. Thanks for the link.

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by Laich It Or Lump It on Dec 14, 2009 12:24 PM EST up reply actions

Awesome, thanks for posting this. There’s a lot in there, so I haven’t gotten through the whole interview yet, but it’s really interesting to get an inside view on how TPS makes its equipment (even though I am a very loyal Vaughn guy myself).

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by Killer_Carlson on Dec 14, 2009 2:55 AM EST reply actions

That conflicts a bit with the story I’d heard. I had heard that he had been taught from a young age to catch like that, for the purpose of maximizing his blocking surface as mentioned above.

It’s actually amazing how stiff he gets his glove, it’s nearly impossible to close it with one hand.

by Mobsky on Dec 14, 2009 3:31 AM EST reply actions

This interview is from a few years ago. I’m pretty sure this season he went back to a more close-able glove but it’s still very stiff.

Hockey players aren't like other people. Witt after being hit by a car:
I’m okay. No big deal...I’ve got to go play some hockey. I’m a hockey player.

by zephyr on Dec 14, 2009 11:56 AM EST up reply actions

When I play net, I don’t try to close my glove hand on the puck – admittedly, the webbing gets most shots.

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