The plays, which Andersen likened to “the butterfly effect,” epitomized the hockey adages of “every ... s shot then went off the skate of goalie Ilya Sorokin. Ball game.

Kassi Abbott, Plattsburgh women’s hockey’s goalie head coach and a former starting ... she had a really wide butterfly, so she can slide side to side,” Abbott said. “With her 5-foot ...

The switch to the dropping-to-the-knees "butterfly" began in the 1960's with Black Hawks goalie Glenn Hall who only occasionally went to his knees. But Hall was so successful, he was able to play ...

This in from NHL goalie expert Kevin Woodley, who covers the Canucks for NHL.com, his explanation of why goalie Stuart Skinner of the Edmonton Oilers is literally falling on his face in the Edmonton ...

Because goaltending differs greatly from every other position in hockey, most coaches without ... but he’s down in his butterfly moving all around, you could tell he was nervous.

"I think he should win the Richter Award (given to college hockey's top goalie). He's so dominating, and such a pro off the ice," Breazeale said of Boija. "Obviously, we don't talk about those things.

Canton boys hockey goalie Connor Geoghan has given just that to his team this season. It continued Sunday afternoon against Woburn in the Div. 2 MIAA semifinals at the Tsongas Center in Lowell.

In the butterfly, the lower and flatter a goalie can get and seal his pads to the ice, and the farther out he can push his legs, the more net he can effectively cover. Goalies who are less ...