How does a goalie feel when the puck is on the other side?

[Mr Serious]

When the goalie's team is in the offensive zone, does he feel lonely or does he maybe get distracted? I'm asking because the camera isn't showing the goalie when the puck is on the opposite side.

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[Paris in Flames]

Existential crisis, most likely.

 

[SlimCharles]

Waiting at the top of the crease watching the play.

 

[McGarnagle]

One of the last times I played a new NHL game, which must've been like 08 or 09, they had just introduced that Be a Pro mode or whatever it was called, and I wanted to play as the goalie. But half the game you're just sitting there hoping your team turns the puck over so you can get some action on your end. Then you give up a goal and feel shame.

 

[Afterburner]

One of the last times I played a new NHL game, which must've been like 08 or 09, they had just introduced that Be a Pro mode or whatever it was called, and I wanted to play as the goalie. But half the game you're just sitting there hoping your team turns the puck over so you can get some action on your end. Then you give up a goal and feel shame.

 

[RalphyDanger]

They get lonely. By the time most tendys reach the NHL they become extremely awkward, because they’ve spent so much time with nobody to talk to, while they wait for the next attack; contemplating the various ways they can let the team down with one simple slip of focus, they go insane.

 

[El Travo]

"Please score and make the other goalie look bad."

 

[IamNotADancer]

Sad?

 

[Hire Sather]

Lol does he get lonely

 

[aufheben]

When the goalie's team is in the offensive zone, does he feel lonely or does he maybe get distracted? I'm asking because the camera isn't showing the goalie when the puck is on the opposite side.

Uses the spare time to work on his novel.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Ken Dryden used to straight up chill when the puck was in the oppositions end

 

[MikeyMike01]

This is what they do

 

[Mr Serious]

This is what they do

No, I'm talking about when the puck is in play. Do you really think the puck was in play when that picture was taken?

 

[Wingsfan 4 life]

Feeling lonely, yes, but he shouldn't be getting distracted.

A goalie's job isn't just keeping the puck out of the net. Its also helping with the transition game and acting as the on ice defensive co-ordinator.

A goalie should be still paying attention to the play(and in certain cases, the clock) in case he has to give a heads up to his D on their positioning on certain plays in the offensive zone.

 

[The Red Line]

I'm not gonna explain this correctly however I remember reading an SI article back in the 90s where they hooked up heart rate monitors to goalies, and apparently their heart rate stays the same (high) throughout the entire game regardless of which side of the ice the puck is in.

No idea if that's true or not, just something I recall from way back.

 

[Plural]

They feel left out. I think the NHL should lead the way and have a rotating system where goalie can participate in attacks too while a forward stays low to cover for the goalie.

 

[RoyalDoubleMcCheesie]

They have severe separation anxiety and wait at the top of the crease for all of the fowards and dmen on the ice to come back and visit.
That is why when you see goalie fights they other goalie is jealous cause he feels the other goalie is more popular as he sees more of the action than the other.

 

[W75]

No, I'm talking about when the puck is in play. Do you really think the puck was in play when that picture was taken?

If remembering correctly, the puck actually was in play..

E: No, it wasn't in the end.

 

[The Night King]

No, I'm talking about when the puck is in play. Do you really think the puck was in play when that picture was taken?

Username checks out.

 

[Mr Serious]

If remembering correctly, the puck actually was in play..

I doubt it.

 

[W75]

I doubt it.

Oh, checked the story and you're right.

They were preparing for the face off in the other end (12 sec to go) and Lehtonen apparently jumped down just when the puck was dropped.

My bad, but still funny.

 

[Revelation]

I used to read that the psychological effects of prolonged offensive zone time for a goalie's team are comparable to solitary confinement, and some goalies draw little faces with sharpies on their blocker and talk to it in order to feel like they're interacting with other human beings, but sometimes they take it too far and pull the blocker into reality and start believing that the blocker is the goalie and they are the blocker, also the really crazy ones like Marty Belfour made their glove into a face and squeezed it together like it was a mouth and talked shit to it in between rehab stints on deviantart

 

[blood gin]

A professional NHL goaltender is expected to be watching the play intently and anticipating any rapidly developing chances coming his way or any clears in his direction. If you're at this level you have to have your head in the game at all times. Doesn't always happen.

 

[Romang67]

"Please score and make the other goalie look bad."

Honestly? Yeah. Doesn't matter how poorly you do if the opposing goalie does worse.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Speaking as a goalie (soccer) I'd watch and anticipated... sometimes you get distracted though and just kinda stare. Also if you're full of confidence you want to be challenged so, if my team is already winning or its early in the game I'd want to see them make a mistake here or there. Basically, I'd be welcoming shots or attacks.