Why do goalies cut the ice in their crease?
December 11th, 2009 Posted by: admin
In addition, since I rent a rink and play for 1-1 1/2 hours and the ice isn’t zamboni’d half way through the game… should i as a goalie do this?
By: mattimeo_1987
By: mattimeo_1987
December 12th, 2009 at 10:13
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i dunnno why they do it, to make the puck go slower?
December 15th, 2009 at 14:05
The puck slides less when goalies chew the ice in the crease. It involves something regarding friction.
December 18th, 2009 at 05:44
1. It slows up the puck
2. Tradition; every rookie goalie sees the veterans doing it, so they do too.
December 18th, 2009 at 13:15
We do it for three reasons. One, it slows the puck. Two, it prevents the goalie from sliding too far when they come across the crease on part other than skates. And, lastly superstition. If it is not done, it will surely affect your game!!
December 21st, 2009 at 03:26
Also they will pile the scraped ice along the red line of the crease to help stop a puck from crossing it.
December 22nd, 2009 at 08:58
you scrape the crease to prevent friction with the ice and your pads. if you dont scrape, then the excess water gets into your equipment (legs, skates, and most importantly, your pants if you land on your ****. (Im a goalie)
December 23rd, 2009 at 23:32
The first thing I do when I get to the crease is do a scrape. For one, it helps get rid of any water residue (this time of year is particularly tough because the weather is in many cases warmer and more humid, which inhibits the water from freezing (or you get a zamboni driver who thinks there’s a swim meet up next). Two, it helps stretch the leg muscles. Three, it provides a smoother surface to move around on. I like to have a bit of snow on the posts so my skate blades don’t get nicked up too badly.
Personally, I don’t know too many goalies that don’t do this before games.
December 25th, 2009 at 12:36
This is done to actually INCREASE friction, not decrease it. A freshly zam’ed ice surface is very slick, and doesn’t provide any traction when the goalie is not on his skates. By roughing up the surface, the goalie is able to move around a lot better when he is down on the ice.
Simple as that.
Back in the day before ice girls who remove the excess snow from around the goal, goalies used to make a snow “speed bump” if you will along the crease, but the NHL caught on, and have taken steps to prevent that.
December 26th, 2009 at 00:32
so they dont slid far our from the creast trust me im a goalie
December 29th, 2009 at 03:27
they do it to reduce their sliding along the ice, they want some sliding but they want to be able to control it, the cutting just increases friction.
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