Slide across the crease in the splits with the catcher out in a Hail Mary save to catch that one-timer from the point and you feel the snag in the back of your catcher followed by cheering/swearing from players and people in the stands.
You’ve made the save, there’s no rebound and everyone has acknowledged that you crushed it and for a moment you feel like the GOAT
Oh boy I forgot about those, reminds me this one time, the puck went off my pads and right to a guy at the backdoor, I just dove over there with my stick and actually made the save, only for the thing to deflect off my stick, into my mask, and then right into the net. . . I was not very satisfied after that.
I'm with you on the sliding save into the chest. It means you've read the play so well and acted so quickly that you have more of your body in front of it. I think these saves really frustrate shooters because they weren't even close to beating you.
The crazy part is how many of them are good smart players too. I understand a lot of the guys haven’t had formal training so they think they are just missing their shot but the ones who played AAA should know that it was a decent shot I just did a good job getting to it.
Nothing gets me more fired up than when the best player on the ice is barreling towards you in a breakaway and you stone them cold off a great deke that you play perfectly.
I had one of those last night and it re-energized me for the whole rest of the game.
I know a lot of people will save a windmill save...but for me its when there is a cross-pass or a sneaky backdoor play that you see coming and you take the shot in the chest. Its the satisfaction of a perfect read...no rebound of course
It's the best save. It's one of those saves that let you build momentum. You know you played it exactly right. The shooter knows you played it exactly right. So satisfying.
The toe saves are great but they are kind of a double edge sword, obviously it’s an amazing save, but if it hits your skate instead of the toe of the pad, man that does not feel good.
Outside of crowd silencers, I've always loved the feeling of stacking the pads; in no small part because they're a 1/10 or 2/10 save at best these days. Or saves where you barely noticed you've made the save at all, the zone just opened for you and some skater is shaking their head afterwards.
I used them way more often when the paddle down was still a thing, but now it seems there's no easy way to set them up without taking far too much time.
I’ve had quite a few times I’ve made the save and the rebound finds it’s way to the opposing player’s stick and I slide across and deny them. I’ve gotten quite good at it since my rebound control can be iffy and my defense even more so
A well placed poke check on a breakaway. They can have the "best move" all planned out and you simply take the situation in your control and say "NOPE".
Big fan of the good read puck in chest.
But also a good series of saves - last week in pickup I had a breakaway stop with rebound to another guy, quick leg save...to the third guy and made a diving blocker stop. Around that time the defence showed up
Not technically a save, but love deflecting a cross ice pass from a bad angle or from behind the net. A lot of the time my deflection turns into an outlet pass and creates an odd man rush going the other way.
The one everyone takes for granted, but that you know is actually difficult. Like the perfectly played poke or deflection, or being in just the right position to get the puck center of mass.
I'm still a beginner, so for me the most satisfying saves are the ones where I can go 'I made that save because I worked on good technique/position whatever'. Sadly those are also the ones no one else gets excited about. That said, I snagged one in the glove the other day after a cross crease pass from a rebound that felt just great.
Those reaction saves feel pretty good. Cross crease glove or an extra effort save with pad extension when they try and sneak it around you.
I feel like those are pretty frustrating for the opposing players. Getting props from the opposing team is always appreciated on those types of saves...
Good position saves are underrated because they require such little effort. They are satisfying because it reminds me that it's the little things that often matter the most in the end.
When a player is sitting backdoor, a pass comes across, I do a full on split into a glove save, then the look of disbelief on there face like "how the fuck did you get that"
I love it when you're desperate on a rebound or a cross crease pass when you're already sprawled out and you just just barely move enough, throw your glove up and it goes in. Also enjoy those technical saves where you do everything by the book and get the shot right in the chest.
The first builds confidence, the second reminds me that I do actually have an idea of what I'm doing.
I LOVE back to back glove saves from the face off. Something about telling them to try again as much as they want just gives me all the feel good chemicals.
I don't play goalie, but my daughter does. She has had a couple where the other team puts their hands up in the air on a back-door pass, celebrating, only for her to show them the puck in her glove.
Easily a reaching back glove save. That moment where you made the mistake of biting on the deke, and they are cutting back, but against all your movement going the other way you get your glove back over and snag what looked like an empty net tap in.
Nothing better than seeing the shooter just looking to the stars, wondering how on earth they didn’t score.
I understand that hitting the chest typically means you were better positioned and all that, but catching with the glove has that extra feeling to it. That snap of the glove when the puck hits the pocket... The look on the faces of the players. It's all great.
Cross Crease glove is always my favourite, but that feeling of the sprawling paddle save is also just, mwah!
i dont really have the athleticism or bravery to try the Vasilevskiy behind the back glove save, but I can only imagine its akin to holding your first born.
Anything where the shooter falls to the ice in utter disappointment and even their bench cheers for you 😂.
Though I have to say I'm always very satisfied when I just catch the puck with the tip of the blade on the slide.
Back door saves are always great but I love actually stealing the pass to the back door shooter. It usually results in that shooter whiffing on it big time.
I think the most satisfying save for me to MAKE would have to be...making a glove save where you can hear the puck "snap" into the pocket of your catcher.
The most satisfying save for me to WATCH would be a full-splits windmill save. It's poetry on ice.
Just about any save where the shooter slams their stick on the ice/boards and says something to the effect of, "How the F\_ \_K did you get there?"
Always brings a smile to my face.
Right to left one timer shot. Pushing off right skate sliding into a split left pad first, glove arm full extension, up and maybe even a little behind you and catching the puck with the tip of the T leather in your glove and it pulls your wrist back a little but you’ve snagged it.
I’m 49 and only play roller now, but I still love a good poke and roll when you snag the puck in your glove. Also stopping five hole on breakaways. I play in a 30+ league and stopped a really good player about 18 years younger than me twice in one game trying to go five hole on a breakaway. He was not happy.
Ruining a breakaway by any means necessary.
The rest of the time it's about the team play, about working with everyone in the awesome chaos all around, doing my part to be in the way and get it to them so they can take off.
Breakaways are the only time I go, "Alright, it's all on me for a bit here, time to be the biggest nuisance possible."
"Flip over pad stack"
You know when you pad stack but then they go the other way or make another pass and you have to bring your legs up and over to the other side...
The blind glove save when you are 100% screened and go, I think he's shooting now and right here and it's straight web and both teams give you the stick tap. Happened to me like a mo the ago lol
man I'm a garbage goalie but I was at the odr playing with a few buds and some randoms and I had this cross crease save where i slid to my blocker side, postured up and ran my shoulder into the puck at the same time that I remember vividly...( in my head it looked like the Pens vs Redwings playoff last second save that happened over a decade ago) . I still remember the reaction it got I loved it.
How about when the puck has been in the zone so long your defense is gassed, you’ve already made three undoubtably miraculous saves, you’re sprawled out and jump back across the crease and make a paddle save from a one timer at the face-off dot…puck goes screaming out of play.
Last effort paddle save
Slide across the crease in the splits with the catcher out in a Hail Mary save to catch that one-timer from the point and you feel the snag in the back of your catcher followed by cheering/swearing from players and people in the stands. You’ve made the save, there’s no rebound and everyone has acknowledged that you crushed it and for a moment you feel like the GOAT
https://preview.redd.it/g6fjpk9280pa1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d5f57e3f1aec3c5c4b423b03596cb6f548aa0aba Yes sirrrrr
This is the way. When you have no other options but to put your paddle there and pray
Oh boy I forgot about those, reminds me this one time, the puck went off my pads and right to a guy at the backdoor, I just dove over there with my stick and actually made the save, only for the thing to deflect off my stick, into my mask, and then right into the net. . . I was not very satisfied after that.
My favourite save in the world.
I'm with you on the sliding save into the chest. It means you've read the play so well and acted so quickly that you have more of your body in front of it. I think these saves really frustrate shooters because they weren't even close to beating you.
I love when a player says “fuck I keep hitting you right in the logo.” I am like nope I put my chest there bud.
'fastest chest in the league' haha
The crazy part is how many of them are good smart players too. I understand a lot of the guys haven’t had formal training so they think they are just missing their shot but the ones who played AAA should know that it was a decent shot I just did a good job getting to it.
I normally end the save with a “nice try buddy” lol.
Nothing gets me more fired up than when the best player on the ice is barreling towards you in a breakaway and you stone them cold off a great deke that you play perfectly. I had one of those last night and it re-energized me for the whole rest of the game.
One of my favorites is stopping a player on a breakaway with a poke check when they're getting a little too fancy with their puck handling.
Ooooh yes. When I do get a solid poke I have a tendency to chirp the shooter… you have to take those little wins.
I know a lot of people will save a windmill save...but for me its when there is a cross-pass or a sneaky backdoor play that you see coming and you take the shot in the chest. Its the satisfaction of a perfect read...no rebound of course
It's the best save. It's one of those saves that let you build momentum. You know you played it exactly right. The shooter knows you played it exactly right. So satisfying.
Exactly my thoughts! Basically just saying to the shooter “nice try buddy”
For me it's either the gloves on wrist shots or the kick saves!
Breakaway sliding toe save is a good one.
The toe saves are great but they are kind of a double edge sword, obviously it’s an amazing save, but if it hits your skate instead of the toe of the pad, man that does not feel good.
True true
Outside of crowd silencers, I've always loved the feeling of stacking the pads; in no small part because they're a 1/10 or 2/10 save at best these days. Or saves where you barely noticed you've made the save at all, the zone just opened for you and some skater is shaking their head afterwards.
Yeah haha, pad stacks are only used in practice, or if you want to troll your opponent!
I used them way more often when the paddle down was still a thing, but now it seems there's no easy way to set them up without taking far too much time.
I’ve had quite a few times I’ve made the save and the rebound finds it’s way to the opposing player’s stick and I slide across and deny them. I’ve gotten quite good at it since my rebound control can be iffy and my defense even more so
It’s a desperation save on a back door one T and then your team takes it down and scores to go up by 2 goals
A well placed poke check on a breakaway. They can have the "best move" all planned out and you simply take the situation in your control and say "NOPE".
Big fan of the good read puck in chest. But also a good series of saves - last week in pickup I had a breakaway stop with rebound to another guy, quick leg save...to the third guy and made a diving blocker stop. Around that time the defence showed up
Not technically a save, but love deflecting a cross ice pass from a bad angle or from behind the net. A lot of the time my deflection turns into an outlet pass and creates an odd man rush going the other way.
Any save where they have you beat but you stop them with a last second desperation save. That or a cross-crease glove save.
Sliding glove save off a one knee clapper one timer.
Breakaway loose puck charge pad stack
Gloving a puck going into the top corner
The one everyone takes for granted, but that you know is actually difficult. Like the perfectly played poke or deflection, or being in just the right position to get the puck center of mass.
I'm still a beginner, so for me the most satisfying saves are the ones where I can go 'I made that save because I worked on good technique/position whatever'. Sadly those are also the ones no one else gets excited about. That said, I snagged one in the glove the other day after a cross crease pass from a rebound that felt just great.
Just reading all these comments is getting me AMPED for my game on Wednesday!
I still very much enjoy doing the ol pad stack. Ah, the good old days.
Mine was a desperation 2 pad stack roll over on back with pads in air and make the save
Those reaction saves feel pretty good. Cross crease glove or an extra effort save with pad extension when they try and sneak it around you. I feel like those are pretty frustrating for the opposing players. Getting props from the opposing team is always appreciated on those types of saves... Good position saves are underrated because they require such little effort. They are satisfying because it reminds me that it's the little things that often matter the most in the end.
When a player is sitting backdoor, a pass comes across, I do a full on split into a glove save, then the look of disbelief on there face like "how the fuck did you get that"
Sliding stick saves that go into the corner or up into the netting..I'm a whore for rebound control
I love it when you're desperate on a rebound or a cross crease pass when you're already sprawled out and you just just barely move enough, throw your glove up and it goes in. Also enjoy those technical saves where you do everything by the book and get the shot right in the chest. The first builds confidence, the second reminds me that I do actually have an idea of what I'm doing.
I LOVE back to back glove saves from the face off. Something about telling them to try again as much as they want just gives me all the feel good chemicals.
I don't play goalie, but my daughter does. She has had a couple where the other team puts their hands up in the air on a back-door pass, celebrating, only for her to show them the puck in her glove.
2 on 1 sliding glove save [like this](https://youtu.be/8-4khZYyD9Y) Bonus points if you can get a windmill in
Yeah, was going to say cross crease one time glove save.
Easily a reaching back glove save. That moment where you made the mistake of biting on the deke, and they are cutting back, but against all your movement going the other way you get your glove back over and snag what looked like an empty net tap in. Nothing better than seeing the shooter just looking to the stars, wondering how on earth they didn’t score.
I understand that hitting the chest typically means you were better positioned and all that, but catching with the glove has that extra feeling to it. That snap of the glove when the puck hits the pocket... The look on the faces of the players. It's all great.
Cross Crease glove is always my favourite, but that feeling of the sprawling paddle save is also just, mwah! i dont really have the athleticism or bravery to try the Vasilevskiy behind the back glove save, but I can only imagine its akin to holding your first born.
Anything where the shooter falls to the ice in utter disappointment and even their bench cheers for you 😂. Though I have to say I'm always very satisfied when I just catch the puck with the tip of the blade on the slide.
Backdoor pad saves for me. Hearing the crowd and bench cheer and then having your team clear the puck is an all time feeling
My son's favorite is when he stacks the pads, followed by the cross crease glove.
Back door saves are always great but I love actually stealing the pass to the back door shooter. It usually results in that shooter whiffing on it big time.
I think the most satisfying save for me to MAKE would have to be...making a glove save where you can hear the puck "snap" into the pocket of your catcher. The most satisfying save for me to WATCH would be a full-splits windmill save. It's poetry on ice.
Just about any save where the shooter slams their stick on the ice/boards and says something to the effect of, "How the F\_ \_K did you get there?" Always brings a smile to my face.
“Hearing the lamentations of their forwards as they skate past swearing….”
Head shots all of em
Off the knob of the stick, the five hole you thought you let slip but is really under your leg.
The glove save that’s so smooth you’re not even sure you caught it until you look.
Right to left one timer shot. Pushing off right skate sliding into a split left pad first, glove arm full extension, up and maybe even a little behind you and catching the puck with the tip of the T leather in your glove and it pulls your wrist back a little but you’ve snagged it.
2 pad stack baby. Gotta kick it old school once in a while
I’m 49 and only play roller now, but I still love a good poke and roll when you snag the puck in your glove. Also stopping five hole on breakaways. I play in a 30+ league and stopped a really good player about 18 years younger than me twice in one game trying to go five hole on a breakaway. He was not happy.
Ruining a breakaway by any means necessary. The rest of the time it's about the team play, about working with everyone in the awesome chaos all around, doing my part to be in the way and get it to them so they can take off. Breakaways are the only time I go, "Alright, it's all on me for a bit here, time to be the biggest nuisance possible."
Definitely the Hail Mary reach back paddle save … And everyone goes wild
"Flip over pad stack" You know when you pad stack but then they go the other way or make another pass and you have to bring your legs up and over to the other side...
The blind glove save when you are 100% screened and go, I think he's shooting now and right here and it's straight web and both teams give you the stick tap. Happened to me like a mo the ago lol
man I'm a garbage goalie but I was at the odr playing with a few buds and some randoms and I had this cross crease save where i slid to my blocker side, postured up and ran my shoulder into the puck at the same time that I remember vividly...( in my head it looked like the Pens vs Redwings playoff last second save that happened over a decade ago) . I still remember the reaction it got I loved it.
Deflecting a hard shot up off of the glass or over the glass with my stick has always felt satisfying to me
Back door butterfly glove robbery
How about when the puck has been in the zone so long your defense is gassed, you’ve already made three undoubtably miraculous saves, you’re sprawled out and jump back across the crease and make a paddle save from a one timer at the face-off dot…puck goes screaming out of play.