Since the Rangers have gotten such stellar goaltending this season, I thought I’d do an in-depth evaluation on what makes these guys so good at their craft. I am going to break each of the Rangers’ tender’s styles down into four categories: Stance, Movement/Crease depth, Equipment, Puck playing ability and Exploitable weaknesses. First up is Marty Biron, and Hank will follow shortly.
Stance
Biron utilizes a fairly standard stance set-up. He has his feet a little more than shoulder width apart and balances his body weight well. He seems to hold his body posture in a comfortable position, which allows him to have relatively little excess movement when he executes a save.
Crease movement/depth
Marty is actually one of the more “old school” goalies in the NHL (obviously, that distinction does to the other Marty). He rarely uses butterfly slides to move around down low. While he does execute the butterfly as a save technique, it’s not much of a movement vehicle for him. He is a st...
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February 02, 2012
