Comments on: USA vs. Canada Final Goal – Lessons for a Youth Hockey Coach http://www.hockeyshare.com/blog/comments-thoughts/usa-vs-canada-lessons-for-youth-hockey-coach/ Official blog of HockeyShare.com by Kevin Muller Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:03:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hockey Coach http://www.hockeyshare.com/blog/comments-thoughts/usa-vs-canada-lessons-for-youth-hockey-coach/comment-page-1/#comment-209 Hockey Coach Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:23:27 +0000 http://www.hockeyshare.com/blog/?p=376#comment-209 Nice analysis. We get all caught up in the moment. I spoke to my son who is a defenceman and asked him what he thought about the goal. He said that he wouldn't want to have been the defenceman caught out of position and that he couldn't believe that he just didn't simply contain his check in a 4 on 4 situation. Personally, I thought Rafalski played outstanding in the tournament. But it goes to show you how easily not maintaining your composure as a defenceman can lead to what happened. Just before the goal, Scott Neidermayer made a minor league gaff deep in his own zone with a terrible outlet pass attempt and put the puck on a U.S. player's stick and his quick release shot could have ended it. Nobody talks about that either. You just never know. 2 great defencemen, 2 minor league gaffs, 2 different outcomes. Nice analysis. We get all caught up in the moment. I spoke to my son who is a defenceman and asked him what he thought about the goal. He said that he wouldn’t want to have been the defenceman caught out of position and that he couldn’t believe that he just didn’t simply contain his check in a 4 on 4 situation. Personally, I thought Rafalski played outstanding in the tournament. But it goes to show you how easily not maintaining your composure as a defenceman can lead to what happened. Just before the goal, Scott Neidermayer made a minor league gaff deep in his own zone with a terrible outlet pass attempt and put the puck on a U.S. player’s stick and his quick release shot could have ended it. Nobody talks about that either. You just never know. 2 great defencemen, 2 minor league gaffs, 2 different outcomes.

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