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MODERN GOALTENDING
​MODERN GOALTENDING provides specialized training for goalies to develop their skills, techniques, and mental toughness.
It focuses on essential aspects such as positioning, reflexes, rebound control, and puck tracking through on-ice drills and off-ice workouts. Our experienced coaches are former professional or collegiate goalies who offer personalized instruction to help participants improve their stance, footwork, and reaction time.
We can include video analysis and situational play to enhance game awareness and decision-making under pressure.
TRAINING FOCUS
MODERN GOALTENDING dives into hockey goaltending's latest techniques, strategies, and equipment that have developed over the past decades. It contrasts with older, stand-up styles by emphasizing athleticism, positioning, and efficiency in movement. Key aspects include:
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Butterfly Style – Popularized by goaltenders like Patrick Roy, this technique involves dropping to the knees to cover the lower part of the net while using leg pads to block shots. Goalies stay compact and controlled, reducing openings for shooters.
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Positional Play – Modern goalies focus on cutting down angles and maintaining proper depth in the crease. Techniques like the reverse-VH (vertical-horizontal) and overlap help improve post-sealing and puck tracking.
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Athleticism & Mobility – While size remains an asset, modern goalies emphasize lateral quickness, edgework, and explosive movements, allowing them to react swiftly while staying in control.
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Puck-Handling Skills – Many goalies now act as a "third defenseman," improving breakouts and reducing forechecking pressure.
SERVICES
MODERN GOALTENDING offers a variety of services to educate and train goalies of all levels..
Click any of the sections below to learn more or book online.
HAYDEN STEWART is Director of Modern Goaltending.
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He has ben playing hockey nearly his entire life, form youth hockey, to the Madison Capitols and on to Team Illinois his first year of U-18 hockey.
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From there, he went on to play two and half years of junior hockey in both the NAHL and the USHL. His team won the USHL Championship before he moved on to play four years of college hockey at Cornell University.
After graduating from Cornell, he went on to play professional hockey, and is entering his sixth full season of pro this coming year.
Hayden loves coaching; passing all he has learned about goaltending, hockey, and life onto other goalies.