During atom one goalie should play the entire game and the other should play out. As mentioned earlier a goalie needs to be a strong skater and the best way to improve that is by playing out. They may prefer being in net but actually playing any position improves their game in net and is better then simply watching for a half/full game. Also at atom level (I think 8-9ish years old) a goalie should never be pulled...always let them play the game and always do an even split of games regardless of who the better goalie is.
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