The DIY Goalie Podcast

Show notes are available at https://thediygoalie.com/pod025.

This week Connor and Nathan put forward some predictions for the 2024/25 NHL for winners of the Vezina and Jennings trophies, potential Calder conversation goalies, cup winners, and other categories. This was a fun exercise that will sure to cause lots of disagreement! Share with us your thoughts on Facebook, Instagram, or Youtube!

Show notes can be found at https://thediygoalie.com/pod024.

This week turned out to be one of our favourite episodes we have done to date. Both Connor and Nathan made a list of 5 things they wish they knew earlier in their playing career as a hope to pass on this knowledge to goalies who are still playing. Listen in as we get a little nostalgic and personal with the goal of helping other goalies learn from our mistakes and ignorance!

Show notes can be found at https://thediygoalie.com/pod023

This week, Connor and Nathan provide 10 tips that can help to make sure you are moving effectively in the crease. Skating is such an important part of being a goalie, so you need to make sure you are prioritizing being good at it.

Show notes can be found at https://thediygoalie.com/pod022.

This week Connor and Nathan go over 6 key points to look for when you are working with a goalie coach. The episode features some valuable food for thought to make sure that you are receiving a good value from your goalie coach and that they have your best interests at heart.

Show notes can be found at https://thediygoalie.com/pod021.

This week is another solo episode with Nathan talking about the basics of goaltending. This is a starting point for any beginner goalie and goalie parent, and also serves as a good refresher for veteran goalies out there as well. From equipment to movements to tips on how to make the position a little bit cheaper, we cover a lot of the beginner tips in this episode.

Show notes are available at https://thediygoalie.com/pod020.

This week's episode is a solo episode with Nathan talking about what situational awareness is and how goalies can get better at it. Situational awareness, also referred to as hockey sense, hockey IQ, and other phrases, is really important to allow goalies to stay a few steps ahead of the play.

Show notes can be found at https://thediygoalie.com/pod019

In this week's episode, Connor takes on his first solo episode while Nathan was busy with ensuring the True North Goaltending 2024 week long camp ran smoothly. Connor talks about how coaches can run a goalie friendly practice to create a better developmental environment for their goalies. The best way to help goalies develop better is to start by arming regular head and assistant coaches with basic goaltending knowledge. Send this episode to all of the coaches in your life!

The show notes can be found at https://thediygoalie.com/pod018

Riley Richardson of Scotch Hockey sits down with us to talk about her late start to hockey and how she went from not being able to skate to playing College Hockey in 6 years. She takes us through her journey of being self taught and learning through Youtube videos and playing pick up hockey to get to where she is today.

Show notes are available at thediygoalie.com/pod017.

Connor and Nathan sit down and discuss ways for average goalies to take advantage of to help improve their performance. From suggestions on how to get more ice time, to things to work on off the ice, we try to provide a framework for goalies everywhere to maximize their development.

Show notes for the episode can be found at https://thediygoalie.com/pod016.

This week we are excited to have Hiroki Wakabayashi of World Hockey Lab on to discuss a more logical approach to goaltending. Hiroki talks about his 2017/18 NHL season goals study in which he manually broke down over 3800 goals to gain insight into what sort of patterns emerge in goals scored.

We also dive into his recent presentation at the USA Hockey Symposium and his approach to goalie development. Hiroki's insights are second to none when we begin to think of the position from more of a methodical approach.