Issue 154
May 2017
Buffalo Sabres goaltender Robin Lehner uses MMA training to get himself ready for the ice.
He says sparring is the ideal preparation:
“You can do a lot of goalie drills on and off the ice, but it tends to be pretty one-dimensional. When you are in the gym and spar, if you don’t do it right you get punished, you get a punch in the face. It’s a little bit like being a goalie.”
We’d guess a puck going in the net hurts a little less.
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