Talk:Goaltender

message: What stops very very very fat people from being good Goaltenders ? 
Can somebody explain...
dignity.
:In all seriousness: the likely inability of such an "athlete" participating in a sporting event without suffering significant health problems.  Granted, one could argue an extremely wide person with very low stamina could be dressed as a backup goalie and inserted for a short period of time near the end of a game or in overtime to prevent being scored against, but it would probably not be seen as "sportsmanlike," and the team would go down in infamy. Staedtler 02:53, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fat goaltenders? 

message: Are there any goalies who have scored goals? We should start a section to talk about these rare occurences.--Sonjaaa 00:39, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Chris Osgood was the third goalie to score in the National Hockey League, when he scored an empty net goal against the Hartford Whalers in 1995-1996. I don't know who scored the first two, or if anyone has scored one sense. Gentgeen 02:22, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

text: After reading the Osgood article, I noticed we have a whole catgory for these guys, at :Category:NHL Goalies who have scored in a game (which should probibly be renamed "NHL goalies ..."). Gentgeen 02:25, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

text: Ron Hextall, a former Flyers goalie, has scored, I believe, twice. 209.113.221.11 18:03, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Dominik Hašek has scored before.70.100.165.76 00:48, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

text: ..what? Who? Michel Plasse? He wasn't a minor leaguer. BsroiaadnTalk 00:42, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  well someone agreed enough to remove him so it is fixed. and yes when he was credited with the goal he was playing a CHL game--- minor, pro, semi pro, call it what you will, the list is NHL and the kansas city vs oklahoma match-up didn't meet the lists' specifications  :)  Childhoodtrauma 03:20, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scoring goaltenders 

message: redacted
:That is false, if the shootout goes through the team, if it ever has, it starts over again. 209.113.221.11 18:04, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Goaltenders shooting in shootouts 

message: Where does that net minder thing come from? In British English people would say Goalie or Goal Keeper Daveirl 2nd November 2005 22:59 (UTC)
:I've heard net minder bandied around a bit from both American and Canadian players/coaches, but I've never heard it attributed as a British saying. PFlats 21:39, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Net minder? 

message: I couldn't find anything on the so-called "toes up" playing style, which is also unsourced, and according to NHL.com, Grant Fuhr falls under the inverted-v style.  Also, the inverted-v style doesn't sound like a style at all, it sounds more like the stance you hold before making a save using the other two styles. I've been a goaltender for 15 years using the butterfly style, but according to the article, I use the inverted-v style as I wait for shots and then the butterfly style to actually save the pucks. Anybody else? — Dorvaq (talk) 13:58, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: When I was learning to play (the 90's)... there was Stand-up, Butterfly, Half-Butterfly, and Free-style.  Stand-up is your traditional Ken Dryden style.  Butterfly was the Patrick Roy Style.  Half-Butterfly was the Grant Fuhr style.  Free-style was the Dominic Hasek style.  The only other style that was really used was the Belfour Trap... inverted-v might be another word for it.  Knees together, feet far apart -- easy to drop to the butterfly and pop back up again, makes the shooter think there is more room in the 5-hole than there really is.  Inverted-v/Belfour trap... as far as I know was just modifications of the Butterfly stance.  DMighton 05:15, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Issue with the Playing styles 

message: Why is it that it's always the goalie who has the number "1" in a team?  Players of other positions never have that number. 70.49.200.41 02:06, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Goalies wear number 1 because in the earl days of the game, when teams carried only 1 goalie, that player would need a larger sweater. Since it was known only 1 player would need a sweater that big, they went ahead and just put the number 1 on it, letting other players and positions argue about sweater numbers. It wasn't until teams started carrying back-up goalie that goalies started wearing other numbers.
Back-up goalies wore the last numbers available in the jersey sets at the time which was usually around 30. That way the #1 goaltender would wear 1 and the back up would wear whatever completed the jersey set. The tradition stands as many goaltenders still have their numbers in the 30s. Helphin (talk) 21:59, 21 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Number 1 

message: Although I am aware that Hasek has a unique goaltending style, I don't believe we should segregate his style of play into its own entity.  Hasek did not invent pad-stacking, nor have I ever heard of any other goaltender being referred to as using the .  I believe this section should be removed/renamed & reworded unless someone can provide proper references. — Dorvaq (talk) 16:45, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed, he should just be included in the hybrid goaltenders section, not have one of his own. I've never heard of "Hasek Style", sounds like a fan just wants Hasek to have his own section to try to "set him apart" in this article. I'm removing it, if someone finds a citation then they can re-add it. BsroiaadnTalk 00:21, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  {{Querylink|qs=title=Goaltender&diff=138873244&oldid=138750159|Goaltender|Hasek}} Style? 

message: I was at a hockey game earlier today, and I noticed that before each period officially started, the goalies would skate back and forth in their goaltending zone in front of the net.  I know there's a reason for it, but I'll be damned if I can remember what it is.  Why do they do that? -- Cubs Fan (talk) 08:43, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pre-period ritual 

message: I believe that goalies in the NHL are no longer allowed to be their team's captain or alternate captain.  If anyone can find the reference in the rule book, maybe it should be added to the article. AZDub (talk) 01:23, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Captain

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message: Why we call "Goaltender" for the player in this place instead "Goalkeeper"?  "Goalkeeper" is formal name but "Goaltender" is unformal.--Pierce (talk) 22:30, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Goaltender" is the proper ice hockey term, "goalkeeper" belongs to other sports with nets like soccer and lacrosse.  "Goaltender" is formal; "goalie" is the informal term. –ConkblockedWiki 07:44, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: In the NHL official rules, the position is referred to as "Goalkeeper" throughout ( and others). I don't know how it is called in other league rulebooks. I'm not really sure which is the WP:COMMONNAME between "Goaltender" and "Goalie" though. BocoROTH (talk) 22:39, 12 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  About this sport 

message: a goaltender could theoretically wear any number from 00 to 99 (or 1 to 98 in the NHL, since 99 is retired throughout the league and 00 has since been banned) These links aren't intuitive , how about a goaltender could theoretically wear any number from 00 to 99 (or 1 to 98 in the NHL, since 99 is retired in honoured of Wayne Gretzky throughout the league and 00 notably of Martin Biron has since been banned) Gnevin (talk) 12:36, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Not really easter eggs as the links take you to the pages that explain why they can't be used. In other words telling you Wayne Gretzky had his number retired league wide. That is what I would expect the link to take me to if I clicked it so doesn't really fail the test of a user being surprised by the link. That being said I don't have a problem with this change, the last one just was pretty awkward sounding. -DJSasso (talk) 12:47, 25 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: [[WP:EASTEREGG]] links

message: Along with similar text in Five-hole, is the numbering of holes 1-4 standardized?  See the article before my most recent edit, the graphic accompanying the section which I edited the article (and Five-hole to correspond with, http://www.hockeyplayer.com/paid/publish/article_487.shtml vs. http://www.schoolyardpuck.com/2010/10/why-it-called-five-hole-in-hockey.html
Does it really matter? WhiskeyJuvenile (talk) 18:52, 4 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hole numbering? 

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