Saturday,
February 16, 2008
2008 Section
2AA Semi-final Game against Edina.
Lauren is awarded a penalty shot.
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Lauren, alone, at mid ice
Waiting behind the red line.
The referee signals. |
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Lauren starts forward.
Gathers in the puck
at center ice .
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Swings wide to her left.
[Usually, the skater heads
straight for the
goal.]
She crosses the blue line
and picks up speed
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Circling toward the slot,
she sweeps
to the front of the
net
. . .
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Moving across the front
toward
the right
[the goalie moving
with her
toward the right]
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A
forehand fake
to backhand stretch and
release
sends the puck
left
upper left
into the back of the net.
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The goalie never made a play on the
puck. She seemed focused on
the movement of the skater.
Then realizing the puck was in the
net, she just froze.
Coach Grossman said
of Lauren, "The
forehand fake to backhand stretch and
release, that’s years of work in her back
yard pond, patience, and unbelievable skill."
John of MNPuck on Lauren:
This was a penalty shot. Two
players on the ice. The skater
versus the goalie. The skater
(with puck) confronting the goalie.
Lauren had the puck in the back of
the net before the goalie ever
realized it. I have never seen
a goalie that - - -
overwhelmed. Lauren did have "unbelievable
skill".
May 25, 2008
John of MNPuck was
informed of an Old
Goalie-ism:
If the skater (skilled
player) has fast hands,
the goalie won't see the shot. |
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