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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Except it isn't just about distance.
The goalie reacts to the way the shooter shoots - the type of shot, the flex of the stick, the direction, the amount the player tries to raise it, etc. All of that is part of the instinctive reaction of the goalie, that happens as the shot is being taken.
A tip changes the direction, after the goalie has started to react to the initial shot. So they are moving the wrong way. Then they have to see the change, register it mentally, and react to the new direction.
And there simply isn't time for that. It hits him, or it doesn't
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Yep, no goalie in the history of hockey has said tips are easier to stop. There is a reason players try to tip shots.