Why does the backup goalie sometimes write on a clip board?

[TopCheese]

Have seen this occasionally, including the game tonight in toronto. Curtis Mcelhinney is the backup and I keep seeing him write things down on a clip board he is holding. What could he be writing?

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[QJo]

Pretty sure the coach has them keep track of some in game stats that might come in handy. Face-off success for the night and stuff like that.
I could be wrong though

 

[Advanced stats]

Buffalo feed, just showed that he's tracking faceoffs

 

[Satastic]

Writing hate notes to the coach for not getting the start

 

[A4T1L6]

Pretty sure the coach has them keep track of some in game stats that might come in handy. Face-off success for the night and stuff like that.
I could be wrong though

i think this is correct. They count shots too i think.

 

[Michael Farkas]

For me, I will sometimes ask my backup goalie to track certain things...shot locations, points off pads/potential points off pads, entries for and/or against, plus/minus, etc.

 

[jw2]

grocery list

 

[TopCheese]

interesting. Seems there are a few different theories

 

[Bleedred]

Pretty sure the coach has them keep track of some in game stats that might come in handy. Face-off success for the night and stuff like that.
I could be wrong though

For me, I will sometimes ask my backup goalie to track certain things...shot locations, points off pads/potential points off pads, entries for and/or against, plus/minus, etc.

Yup.

Todd McClellan has his goalies do this. He had the Sharks backups always doing this, I'm sure he's got the Edmonton backup doing the same.

 

[adsfan]

grocery list

This is what I came up with! +1

 

[jw2]

Yup.

Todd McClellan has his goalies do this. He had the Sharks backups always doing this, I'm sure he's got the Edmonton backup doing the same.

Most teams have statisticians and radio communications with the booth.

 

[James Duthie]

Buffalo Feed said he was counting faceoff wins, and he put them on a sticky then gives it to Babcock so that he can see who to put on ice for the faceoff zone.

 

[biturbo19]

Working on the New York Times crossword. Nothing better to do.



Edit: Side note...Babcock regularly steals the finished product and claims it for his own to look smart.

 

[Martinez]

Goalies keeping track of statistics by hand seems pretty pointless these days. I bet they just doodle, goalies are odd people.

 

[Paris in Flames]

I suspect they're playing MASH.

 

[Revelation]

Scrabbleship

 

[Dbrownss]

Tic tac toe

 

[Quares27]

Leafs backup tracks faceoffs

 

[Penske]

He was trying to figure the age old question. Can Superman outrun The Flash?

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

Team dinner orders.

 

[airbus220]

Goalies keeping track of statistics by hand seems pretty pointless these days. I bet they just doodle, goalies are odd people.

Yes, pretty pointless when you can have the NHL Event Summary with many other stats on a tablet.
But it would make sense for stats which are not tracked by the NHL.

 

[Gnashville]

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[Not So Mighty]

Have seen this occasionally, including the game tonight in toronto. Curtis Mcelhinney is the backup and I keep seeing him write things down on a clip board he is holding. What could he be writing?

It was brought up on the Buffalo feed for that game. He was tracking faceoffs.

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

They're secretly aliens and writing their plans to colonize the planet by promoting hockey, science, and benevolence? But the coaches are secret agents preventing these good aliens from advancing our planet? Who knows...

 

[Bjornar Moxnes]

Theories on who Supreme Leader Snoke could be

Didn't you know that Saros is from the planet Finpremacy where the average resident although shorter than the average human is far more intelligent and powerful. Due to their extreme advancement, they are benevolent aliens who wish to make the universe a better place, but Laviolette the secret FBI agent is preventing him from making the Earth a better place as that means less power for the elites.