Goalies such as Seattle's Joey Daccord can help generate offense and also reduce the physical burden of their defensemen.

JIM CRAIG: (Team USA goalie) Herb was really quite brilliant ... PATRICK: I’m not sure the players know this, but every one of those drills we did on ice for the whole seven months was based ...

The Grand Rapids Griffins Youth Foundation hosted 20 young goalies on the ice Sunday afternoon at ... on some fundamental skills and a few goalie specific drills during the hour long session.