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When to pull goalie in hockey?

Posted By: Bob Koca
Date: Thursday, 4 June 2015, at 5:38 a.m.

In Response To: When to pull goalie in hockey? (scotty)

"Cooper certainly doesn't want to undermine the confidence of his key goalie"

How would it?

"April 5, 1970 – The Montreal Canadiens were in a desperate race to qualify for the NHL playoffs. The Canadiens hosted the Chicago Blackhawks. With 9 minutes and 30 seconds left in the third period, Montreal was down by a score of 5–2. Montreal’s only hope of qualifying for the playoffs was to score three more goals. Canadiens coach Claude Ruel removed his goalie, Rogatien Vachon from the net. Vachon would return to the net only for faceoffs. Chicago would score five empty net goals and win the game by a score of 10–2. Montreal would miss the playoffs for the first time in 22 years."

They didn't embrace the strategy. Wouldn't playing without a goalie the entire game almost have clinched a playoff spot? Also on a faceoff wouldn't it actually have been better to just have opponent score right away instead of wasting time playing defence?

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