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hey guys,
this is my page of goalie stuff and other various hockey humor. by the way, i think that EVERYONE should read the first little bit on goalies. ;-) ok im out
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The Most Important Position in Sport www.futurepro.com (thanks to keeks from the miller BB for this.) An old debate rages, arguing on the merits and relative difficulty of varying positions in all the major sports. Which position requires the most athleticism, the most concentration, the most mental toughness, the most skill and the ability to be the biggest reason for success or failure? We have quarterbacks, pitchers and catchers, point guards, golfers, homerun hitters and racecar drivers. Of course we also have to consider the hockey goaltender.A goaltender, like his/her teammates, must develop the ability to skate,which is unique to the sport. All other ball sports allow the participants to play using a rather innate skill - running. The development of the necessary movement skills while wearing bulky equipment is unlike any other position in any sport and if you've tried it, quite strenuous and difficult. I know football players wear bulky gear but the additional element of skating makes this comparison fall favorably to the goaltender.In football, players basically get to rest 50 % of the time while theother side of the ball is out there. Pitchers get time to rest during inning changes and basketballers have subs to keep them fresh for late game rallies.Goaltenders aren't quite so fortunate. For good or bad they are on the ice andin the game for the duration. There are no other sports that require the athlete to play the full game time with that degree of importance directing the outcome of the game. The physical conditioning required to play at the top level in this position is amazing. Again, advantage to the goaltender. Reaction times for racecar drivers, quarterbacks and fastball hitters are arguably minute and this is the exact reason why so many armchair quarterbacks think they can - but can't. Although travelling up to 200 miles an hour seems fast, everyone is travelling at that speed for most of the race. The relative difference in speed between cars is small and when this gap widens accidents invariably follow. The baseball hitter is apparently failing in his/her quest because he/she only puts the ball in play 30 % of the time even though he knows generally where the ball will be travelling. Goaltenders have the reaction time argument won hands down. Since shots can travel between 80 - 100 mph and are seldom launched from a static position like a pitcher's mound, a save is truly amazing. The puck could hit any one of 24 square feet, be deflected at the last second and be released in an instant from anywhere on the ice. The amazing nature of goaltending is not mere hyperbole but simply factual. I think the best way to clearly explain this would be to come up with other sport examples that are changed to reflect this level of difficulty. How about allowing the pitcher to run in and then throw it? How about forcing the quarterback to always be on the field AND every once in a while start pulling some of his/her teammates off to the penalty box. This gives new meaning to the word blitz.
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TOP TEN PET PEEVES OF HOCKEY GOALTENDERS:
10. Drunk fans who toss Hostess Ding Dongs towards the net. 9. Players at parties who want to turn mask upside-down and fill it up with bean dip. 8. Pads give appearance that they have really big butts. 7. T-shirts that say, "Goaltenders do it with their glove hand". 6. Every day, for the rest of their life, they will not have a good reason for dropping anything ever again. 5. Frostbite caused by leg split. 4. When trainer replaces normal water in bottle with sparkling Folger's Crystals. 3. Goal judges at away games who constantly make wisecracks about "burning out the goal lamp". 2. Fans who ask, "Can I have your autograph, Roy???" (Said like it's spelled) 1. When jealous back-up goalie follows them around in locker room screaming, "Hey, glove THIS, pal!!!".
TOP TEN REASONS WHY YOU JUST LET THAT ONE IN:
10. Me and my defense got involved in the "Tastes great, less filling" Debate 9. Tried to read the "Vulcanised" label on the side 8. Slipped on this damn ice; someone should get some salt on that! 7. Was still laughing at that last top ten list. 6. Misunderstood "Butterfly save"; now sad to report one less monarch flying around. 5. Sun got in my eyes. 4. Misunderstood use of trapper; let in a goal, but got a lovely fur coat. 3. Being a stop-rated NHL goalie, being traded to a cold Canadian city, not getting the money you deserve, and having to play in Las Vegas (Curtis Joseph only) 2. Wait, I'm the back-up!! Go talk to El-Sieve-o over there!!!. 1. Yeah, like YOU would get in front of that!.
THE TOP TEN GOOD THINGS ABOUT BEING A HOCKEY GOALTENDER
- Halloween costume? No problem!
- Detroit Red Wing goalies look like Santa; can earn extra money during the holidays.
- Can check out the guys rinkside without them even knowing.
- Slash all you want; they send someone else to the box.
- Padding gives the impression you're in great shape.
- Helmet allows you to double as Darth Vader in any upcoming "Star Wars".
- Can get inventive nickname like "Eddie".
- Flexibility can be useful in other entertainment ventures, if you know what I mean.
- Bruises can really bring out the color in your eyes.
- Two Words: Bigger Stick.
- TEAM COACH
- Leaps tall buildings in a single bound
- Is more powerful than a locomotive
- Is faster than a speeding bullet
- Walks on water
- Gives policy to God
- TEAM CAPTAIN
- Leaps short buildings with single bound
- Is more powerful than a switch engine
- Is just as fast as a speeding bullet
- Walks on water if the sea is calm
- Talks with God
- ASSISTANT CAPTAIN
- Leaps short buildings with a running start and favorable winds
- Is almost as powerful as a switch engine
- Is faster than a speeding BB
- Walks on water in an indoor swimming pool
- Talks with God if special request is granted
- DEFENSEMAN
- Barely clears a quonset hut
- Loses tug-of-war with a switch engine
- Can fire a speeding bullet
- Swims well
- Is occasionally addressed by God
- FORWARD
- Makes high marks on the wall when trying to leap buildings
- Is run over by a locomotive
- Can sometimes handle a gun without inflicting self-injury
- Dog paddles
- Talks to animals
- ROOKIE
- Runs into buildings
- Recognizes locomotive two out of three times
- Is not issued ammunition
- Can't stay afloat with a life preserver
- Talks to walls
- REFEREE
- Falls over doorsteps when trying to enter buildings
- Says "Look at the Choo-choo!"
- Wets himself with a water pistol
- Plays in mud puddles
- Mumbles to himself
- GOALIE
- Lifts buildings and walks under them
- Kicks locomotives off the tracks
- Catches speeding bullets with her teeth and eats them
- Freezes water with a single glance (who needs a Zamboni?)
- She is God
Goalie's Psalm
The puck is my shepherd; I shall not ice. It maketh me save in unnatural positions; It leadeth me into leg splits; It restoreth my fans' faith; It leadeth me in the paths of odd-man rushes. Yea, though I skate in the valley of the Shadow of the net, I will fear no sniper; For my stick is with me; My facemask and pads they comfort me; They annointeth my body with SportsCreme; My back-up tippeth over! Surely coaches and trainers shall follow me All the games of my life. And I shall dwell in the house of the Montreal Forum Forever.
20 FUN THINGS TO DO IF YOU'RE AN ICE HOCKEY GOALIE
1. One word: Salt. 2. Before the game, secretly switch the green and red light bulbs around. 3. Slash, hook, and spear evey opposing player who comes within 3 feet of your crease, then point and laugh at your teammates when they have to go to the box for you. 4. After you cover the puck and the ref blows the whistle, quickly put the puck in your shorts before the ref can pick it up, then tell him to "come get it." 5. Moon the goal cam. 6. Get into a shouting match with your stick, then tell the ref you refuse to play until the stick apologizes. 7. If you're on the bench, start giving away all the sticks on the rack to the fans sitting behind you. 8. Every time an announcement is made over the PA system, drop you your knees and start screaming, "Not the voices again!" 9. Every time the opposing team scores, remove one piece of of your equipment. 10. Fill your teammates' water bottles with vodka and watch the fun. 11. As soon as the trainers finish putting your equipment on you, say out loud, "Hey, you know what astronauts can do right in their suits?" Then watch the fun as they scramble to pull the equipment off again. 12. During a faceoff, stand next to your defensemen as if you're a skater too. 13. When someone scores a hat trick, grabs as many hats off the ice as you can and stuff them in your jersey. 14. Using hockey tape, put a large bullseye in the middle of your chest. 15. Using hockey tape, put "(Insert name of opponent's enforcer here) Sucks" on the back of your teammates' jerseys. 16. Rub Ben Gay on the inside of your teammates' cups/jills. 17. Pour Crazy Glue inside your teammates' cups/jills. 18. When the trainer isn't looking, throw a red sock in the washer with the white home jerseys(but make sure you take yours out!) 19. Before the game starts, go up to the opposing team, start crying and say, "Please don't score on me! My coach beats me if I let a puck in!" Then,when the ref comes to take you back to your crease, start screaming, "No! I don't wanna go! I don't wanna go!" 20. Position yourself in front of the goal cam and proceed to scratch your rear end.
YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE A TRUE HOCKEY FAN WHEN...
1.Your idea of serving breakfast is giving each of your kids a fork and dropping an Eggo in the middle of the table. 2.You punish your kids with "minors," "majors," and "misconducts." 3.When you come to a traffic signal and the light turns green, you stop. 4.When you come to a traffic signal and the light turns red, you get really excited and start cheering. 5.You consider the Forum in Montreal a place of worship. 6.You keep a picture of the Stanley Cup in your wallet in front of the picture of your family. 7.Instead of duct tape, you use hockey tape to fix everything. 8.You know the difference between "The Garden," "The Gahden," and "The Gardens." 9.You call a trip to the Hockey Hall of Fame a "pilgrimage". 10.You think the Canadian National Anthem is the theme from "Hockey Night in Canada." 11.You send Gordie Howe a birthday card, yet you can't even remember your own family members' birthdays. 12.All your kids are either named Gordie, Bobby or Wayne. 13.You went to see "West Side Story" because you thought it was about a game between Winnipeg and San Jose. 14.You went into a bank because it advertised "Free Checking"....and walked out disappointed. 15.When someone refers to "The Classics," you think they're talking about the Original Six. 16.Your cure for everything is a couple extra-strength aspirin and a shot of Novocain. 17.You can pronounce anything in French, yet you have no idea what it means. 18.Every time you hear a siren you wonder who scored. 19.You can say Khabibulin," "Tkachuk," (BLESS YOU) "Jagr," Leschyshyn" and "Tverdovsky" without getting tongue-tied. 20.Every time you see the name "Roy" you automatically pronounce it "Wah." 21.You're not allowed to play chess simply because the first time you played, you misunderstood the meaning of the word "Check." 22.You think the Four Food Groups are Nachos, Beer, Pretzels and Rubber. 23.Everything in your wardrobe is your team's colors. 24.You still remember which teams were in the Patrick, Smythe, Norris and Adams divisions and which divisions were in the Campbell and Prince of Wales conferences. 25.You know the difference between "The Edmonton Express" and "The Human Express." 26.You refer to your team's enforcers as "chippy players" and you refer to other teams' enforcers as "f---ing little pieces of monkey s---." 27.When you're at a game, you're not bothered when your kid says"F---!" but when he/she says "shutout" before the game is over, you threaten to wash their mouth out with soap. 28.You wonder what Miroslav Satan did to become the Prince of Darkness and Ruler of Hell. 29.You think the proper way to spell the plural of "leaf" is "Leafs." 30.You can name all the Sutter brothers in order.
You Know You're a True Goalie When...
30.Your wife won't send you to the store anymore,because you keep bringing home the wrong kind of pads. 29.When buying a new suit, you ask if it's available in a "goalie cut". 28.Jealous You're children are named Terry, Patrick, Eddie or Marty. 27.The only word not allowed to be said in the household is "shutout". 26.When your garage door opener broke, your family took turns spending sixty minutes in front of the open garage. 25.If anyone asks, you were born in Quebec. 24.The highlight of the annual Christmas card is a description of the new mask designs you're working on. 23.You expect your kids to maintain a .91 average in school. 22.You tell your children they're going to get "pulled" if they don't. 21.Your lotto numbers are 1, 20, 30, 31, 33 and 39.
20.You HATE being rushed. 19.You're a workhorse at the office because you'd hate to be replaced. 18.You've pulled or torn every muscle in your legs trying to imitate Dominik Hasek. 17.You only rent burglar flicks because you love to see people get robbed. 16.At Christmas, you only hang lights with green bulbs. 15.You were angry when you found out that the host of Jeopardy was "Trebek" and not "Tretiak". 14.You thought the film "Eddie" was a biography of Ed Belfour. 13.At Easter, you only hide goose eggs. 12.You celebrate everything with a block party. 11.You think of Roman Turek and Olaf Kolzig, when somebody mentions the words "stand-up comedy".
10.You only drink out of squeeze bottles. 9.You believe that Mikey and Marty are acceptable nicknames. 8.You're starting a petition to have your country name the butterfly its national animal. 7.You still can't figure out why Stephen King would name a viscous dog after a Maple Leafs goaltender. 6.You made a special trip to the Yukon because you heard you get some decent trappers up there. 5.You slap each side of the doorjamb before entering a room, for good luck. 4.You refuse to serve biscuits in a basket at potlucks. 3.You feel a sense of victory when the paperboy misses your porch entirely.. 2. You went to see the Wizard of Oz because you thought you could get Chris Osgood's autograph. And the number 1 sign you're still bloody obsessed with goaltenders... 1.St. Patrick's Day is your favorite holiday.
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