The NHL Goalie Report is back! Poised to be better than ever, this series will cover all that matters most throughout 2022-23. Expect these writeups to showcase league leaders, highlight-reel saves, backups battling for starts, spotlight-worthy debuts, questionable calls, all-star performances, injury updates, and everything in between. 2022-23 NHL Goalie Report (The Hockey Writers) In
Panthers Goaltending
The 2020-21 NHL season is underway and it’s about one-fifth complete. With the shortened season and the compressed schedule, games are happening rapidly with shorter turnover than usual. This is giving some NHL backup goaltenders a higher percentage of ice-time, earlier in the season than they would typically experience. In more than one location, backup
The Florida Panthers have brought in plenty of young goalies behind Sergei Bobrovsky in the past year or so. Before he arrived, the team had legendary goalie Roberto Luongo in net, and a prospect named Samuel Montembeault that seemed like he could be the goalie of the future for them. After Luongo retired, Bobrovsky was
On Dec. 8, the Florida Panthers announced the establishment of a Goaltending Excellence Department. In his first season as general manager, Bill Zito is pioneering an environment that provides a better experience for goaltenders at every level in the organization’s system. This means that, in addition to world-class coaching, goaltenders will receive cohesive training and
On July 1st, 2019, the Florida Panthers signed veteran goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky to a $70 million, 7-year contract. A two-time Vezina Trophy winner, Bobrovsky was a prized free agent and an incredible addition to a team that was looking to fill the gap left by Panthers legend Roberto Luongo, who had announced his retirement just
The Florida Panthers technically don’t need No. 1 goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. Granted, as far as understatements go, that’s a pretty big one. There’s no denying Bobrovsky has gone a mediocre 23-19-6 this season (more losses than wins) with a .900 save percentage and downright horrible 3.23 goals-against average. They certainly don’t need that kind of
Monday evening’s National Hockey League schedule may not have been the busiest one, but it had plenty of playoff implications as we head into the final month of the regular season. A backup is shining in Florida and keeping his team’s postseason aspirations alive. Plus, one of the game’s best goalies is celebrating a birthday.
Saturday was a very busy and eventful day across the National Hockey League with 20 teams in action. The hottest team and goalie in the league continued their streaks in Philadelphia. There was an emotional retirement ceremony in Florida. Plus, some new life in Nashville after back-to-back shutouts. Hart, Flyers Continue to Roll The Philadelphia
Roberto Luongo is one of the most accomplished goaltenders in league history and ranks among the best at the position in numerous categories. But not only has he been an elite netminder throughout his career, he has also been one of the league’s most interesting players throughout his career. Here are seven things that make
Goaltenders across the National Hockey League needed to be at the top of their games on Thursday night. Eight of the nine games played were decided by one goal, including four which went into overtime. A busy night of action saw a top prospect make his NHL debut in Montreal. We will also take a
Sunday night’s National Hockey League schedule only had two games, but we saw a vintage performance from one of the best in the game. In St. Louis, a forward learned the hard way not to take a run at the goaltender. Plus, we have our Week in Review catching you up on all things goaltending.
Today in THW’s goalie news, we wish happy birthday to a nineties great, take a look at Ben Bishop’s wild night, and see what one player got in exchange for his sweater number. Happy Birthday, Tugger Few goalies worked as hard or traveled as many miles in the 1990s as the Scarborough, Ontario native who
report this ad Almost a week removed from the start of NHL free agency, the dust is beginning to settle on some of the bigger contracts of the day. Of all the players to sign new deals on July 1, only one contract (Artemi Panarin’s deal with the New York Rangers) was more costly overall
report this ad The Florida Panthers of course got their man in head coach Joel Quenneville. The only problem is many analysts believe they need much more than the one, namely Columbus Blue Jackets forward Artemi Panarin and goalie Sergei Bobrovsky. Sergei Bobrovsky and Columbus Blue Jackets forward Artemi Panarin – (Sergei Belski-USA TODAY Sports)
SUNRISE, Fla. — Roberto Luongo won 227 games during his 20s. He won 262 more games during his 30s. And now, his 40s await. Florida’s veteran goalie — the oldest netminder and third-oldest player to appear in the NHL this season — will celebrate his milestone 40th birthday on Thursday. He’s tentatively scheduled to start