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For what seems like a small eternity there is no cheering only the
mistaken joy of your opponent raising his arms in eventually embarrassing
fashion. For this brief goose bump moment you are the only person who
realizes the gravity of what just happened.
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Throngs of fans leave their seats and a deafening roar begins in the
lower bowl, as they disbelievingly see no red light. The roar becomes
thunderous as the upper deck finally is let in on the situation below. You have
just made the save of the game; a glove save that is barely visible even on the
large video monitors which strain in slow motion replay to follow that blur;
that glove hand!
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In our chapter on stance we talked about glove positioning and how
important it is for the glove to be out and open. Lets go into a little more
detail here. Your glove should be held about knee height facing out towards
the play. Make sure you hold the glove wide open keeping it to the side but
in front of the body. If you leave the glove to your side it prevents you from
following the puck into your glove with your eyes. As well you will have
problems swiping your glove in front of your knee to prevent a costly
rebound off the top portion of your leg pad.
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Surprisingly, you will seldom have to move your glove more than a foot
in any direction to cover the whole corner.