gretzky takes on posada

[Punker]

I think the shooter would score a heavy majority, just like I think a major league pitcher could throw the ball into a net guarded by a catcher if he was only 25 feet away.

can I get Al Macinnis to skate up from the blue line and slap one from 20 feet?
Mac scores 19. Blast the first shot at Posada's head. The next 19 go in because Posada's in an ambulance on the way to the hospital.

[tdarko]

can i ask why he is going to the hospital if NHL goalie's never get hurt (bad enough to warrant going to the hospital b/c of taking a shot to the head)?

they get the same protective equipment.

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can i ask why he is going to the hospital if NHL goalie's never get hurt (bad enough to warrant going to the hospital b/c of taking a shot to the head)?

they get the same protective equipment.

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Because most nhl goalies are smart enough to duck if Al got a 20ft wind up slap shot.
The equipment isn't designed to protect from that shot. It just doesn't happen during regular play.
A 100+ mph slapshot to the head would probably knock him out cold and give him a concussion.

Goalies have been knocked out of games by slapshots. Al broke one goalies rib with a shot. He also shot a puck through the webbing of a glove, breaking the goalies hand.

[tdarko]

ouch [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img].

so do we need to either back him up or not have al take the shot?

[RacersEdge]

A hockey goalie is more about reaction time where a catcher is more about technique of blocking baseballs. I would put the best defensive catcher well below average of all hockey goalies.

[Keats13]

You could increase scoring by shooting high to the blocker side. It will take the goalie more than 30 minutes of practice to break his instinct to try to reach over with his glove hand instead of bringing up his blocker.

[tdarko]

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A hockey goalie is more about reaction time where a catcher is more about technique of blocking baseballs.

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this is why i mentioned hitting in a previous post.

a 95 mph fastball takes a half of a second to reach the plate...on average the hitter needs to actually recognize the pitch (fastball/breaking ball etc), location (ball/strike) then decide if he is going to swing or not within .01-.02 seconds to give him time to start the mechanics of his swing. so if you are telling me that his reaction time will not be good then i am going to have to disagree b/c he will have unbelievable hand eye coordination and reflexes.

all in all a batter on average has 4/10ths of a second to recognize, make up his mind, and swing at a baseball.