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April 24, 2017 by Matt

USA Win U18 Gold Despite Goalie Blunder

Team USA has won the gold medal at the U18 Ice Hockey World Championships. They won 4-2 in the gold medal game over Team Finland to lift the title. However, the game will also be remembered for a wild own goal scored by the US netminder when they were up 4-1. With the Finland netminder…

January 17, 2017 by Matt

Martin Jones Goal Attempt Goes Bad

Martin Jones is quietly stringing together another wonderful season in San Jose. Despite all of the positives so far, mistakes like the one made last night are sometimes inevitable. It was late in the third period with the Sharks maintaining a 4-1 lead over the Winnipeg Jets when things humorously went south for Jones. After…

December 28, 2016 by Matt

Marc-Andre Fleury Has a Save of the Year Contender

The number of days left in 2016 may be limited, but that didn’t stop Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury from offering a late entry for save of the year. After an Adam Henrique shot was deflected and sent flying over Fleury’s head, he quickly got up, spun around, and made an incredible diving effort to…

October 28, 2016 by Matt

Top 10 KHL Saves – Week Nine

Week nine of KHL action was full of action and, of course, beautiful saves. The top save of the week, courtesy of Juha Metsola, was a sprawling stick save that you just have to see. He probably benefited from a little help from the goal post, but the athleticism required to make that save is…

October 21, 2016 by Matt

Top 10 KHL Saves – Week Seven & Eight

Two more weeks of KHL action have passed us by, and with that we get two more highlight videos of top saves from the KHL. In week seven, Ilya Proskuryakov led the way with an incredible save in the top spot. Check out the highlights below. Former NHLer Ben Scrivens popped in at #9 during…

October 7, 2016 by Matt

Top 10 KHL Saves – Week Six

We’re a few weeks behind on the top 10 highlights, so this week we will play catch up. Today, we’re going to feature the top 10 KHL saves from weeks four, five, and six. From week six, the results seemed a bit out of order. In my opinion, the number one save came from Andrei…

September 19, 2016 by Matt

Maple Leafs Prospect Destroys Canadiens Prospect

In a battle between up and coming prospects from each squad, you can imagine there was some heat between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. That proved to be the case when the Maple Leafs goalie took out his anger on a Canadiens player who got a little too close. The Leafs goalie, Antoine…

September 16, 2016 by Matt

Top 10 KHL Saves – Week Three

A couple of former NHL goaltenders are making their mark in the KHL this season, and both have saves in the top 10 from week three of KHL action. Swedish goaltender Viktor Fasth appears at number four with his series of saves against SKA St. Petersburg. Fasth currently plays for CSKA Moscow, and has a…

September 8, 2016 by Matt

Top KHL Saves – Week Two

As the KHL season continues to roll along, the outstanding saves made by goaltenders each and every game continue to pile up. After week two of action, we have another highlight clip of the Top KHL saves. The saves include an incredible windmill grab from Alexander Sudnitsin of Yaroslavl Lokomotiv, as well as a ridiculous…

May 19, 2016 by Matt

Lightning Goalie Breaks Stick in Anger

Last week it was Pekka Rinne, but tonight it was Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy who broke his stick in anger. With just under seven minutes to play in the game, the Penguins held on to a two goal lead as they forced another 2 on 1 rush. Vasilevskiy was able to make the initial save…