The plays, which Andersen likened to “the butterfly effect,” epitomized the hockey adages of “every ... s shot then went off the skate of goalie Ilya Sorokin. Ball game.

This in from NHL goalie expert Kevin Woodley, who covers the Canucks for NHL.com, his explanation of why goalie Stuart Skinner of the Edmonton Oilers is literally falling on his face in the Edmonton ...

The switch to the dropping-to-the-knees "butterfly" began in the 1960's with Black Hawks goalie Glenn Hall who only occasionally went to his knees. But Hall was so successful, he was able to play ...

He wasn't always a perfect butterfly goalie. He was a flounderer early on ... for not talking on the day of a game -- at least not hockey. It was the morning skate before a really big game ...

Kassi Abbott, Plattsburgh women’s hockey’s goalie head coach and a former starting ... she had a really wide butterfly, so she can slide side to side,” Abbott said. “With her 5-foot ...

In the butterfly, the lower and flatter a goalie can get and seal his pads to the ice, and the farther out he can push his legs, the more net he can effectively cover. Goalies who are less ...