[Canada 02]

Leland Irving article

http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/...888/story.html

"He decided last summer that he was going to commit himself to conditioning," says Abbotsford head coach Jim Playfair.
"He reported to the summer development camp in excellent shape."
In years past, Irving worked over the summer up in the northern Alberta oilfields for his family's excavating company. Lastwsummer, he trained full-time and even consulted with goalie coach Lyle Mast.
Mast worked with Irving on his positioning. Taught him to better track the puck.
The tutelage worked with Irving cleanly winning the duel with Matt Keetley for the starting job on the farm.
"Last year, I had a deal with Darryl (Sutter) that I was going to play each goaltender and split time right up the middle until Christmas to see how it shook out," Playfair says. This year was different. The deal was whoever was going to step up and be No. 1 would be the No. 1. We wanted to identify a No. 3 in the organization.
"Leland took that challenge on."


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