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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
You want guys kicking at the puck while your goalie is trying to trap it?
Can we get a poll so I can use the results to put anyone that wants kicked goals allowed on my ignore list.
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Defenseman use their skates a lot in front of the net with their sticks tied up or pushed off balance and need to clear the puck out of danger and the foot is a lot closer and quicker then the stick. Forwards too, maybe not kicking st the net, but if they can kick it to pass to a teammate beside the net or into the corner to keep possesion, they will if theta all they have available to them. Not in the crease, but in front of the net or off to the side of the net.
I think the misnomer here is the thought that forwards or defenseman are wildly kicking the puck in the blue paint of the crease while the goalie is flat on his belly and hand and arm outstretched.
Rather, I think the majority of the kick attempts (and defensive plays with the skate) would be 6ft out from the goalie, and after he makes a save and it bounces out 5 or 6 feet from the goalie, and the forward, stick tied, turns the skate side ways and kicks it back toward the net. Or on 2 on 1s when the goalie makes a save, same thing, the player, if able to and balance isn't an issue, directs it back on net.
And, like defensive plays currently, it's a last resort for forward to kick at the puck, so there's no set plays or tactics that you could use,given the absolute weakness of a kicked puck vs a shot from a stick.