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Watch AHL goaltender come up with inventive way to break up 2-on-0

By: Jared Clinton on November 3, 2014

There’s a lot of ways to break up a 2-on-1, like sliding to block a pass or an aggressive poke check. When it comes to a 2-on-0, it gets a little bit more difficult, but veteran American League netminder David Leggio has a few ideas.

Leggio, who is playing his first season with Islanders affiliate Bridgeport Sound Tigers, had to think quickly as Springfield Falcons forwards Dana Tyrell and Lukas Sedlak came barreling down on him on a shorthanded 2-on-0:

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/watch-ahl-goaltender-come-up-with-inventive-way-to-break-up-2-on-0/#.VFfn25IfDIA.twitter

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So did he just get a delay of game penalty? I think that should be a double minor or a 5 minute major for unsportsmanlike conduct or something.

Otherwise, every goalie should do this when a star player has a breakaway on them. Better to give up the powerplay.

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So did he just get a delay of game penalty? I think that should be a double minor or a 5 minute major for unsportsmanlike conduct or something.

Otherwise, every goalie should do this when a star player has a breakaway on them. Better to give up the powerplay.

It was a penalty shot. So he faced one dude instead of 2. Fair trade if you ask me lol

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Every goalie tries to knock off their net by "accident" - they've been doing it for years. It is normally in different scenarios when you can get away with it....not on a breakaway like that.

So, cheating didn't necessarily pay-off here. You can say it paid off because he exchanged a 2 man breakaway with just a one-man, but really, if he had of just let it play out, looks like they mishandled the puck and it would have ended up in the corner or at least, his teammates would have had a chance to get back in the play.

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Watch AHL goaltender come up with inventive way to break up 2-on-0

By: Jared Clinton on November 3, 2014

There’s a lot of ways to break up a 2-on-1, like sliding to block a pass or an aggressive poke check. When it comes to a 2-on-0, it gets a little bit more difficult, but veteran American League netminder David Leggio has a few ideas.

Leggio, who is playing his first season with Islanders affiliate Bridgeport Sound Tigers, had to think quickly as Springfield Falcons forwards Dana Tyrell and Lukas Sedlak came barreling down on him on a shorthanded 2-on-0:

http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/watch-ahl-goaltender-come-up-with-inventive-way-to-break-up-2-on-0/#.VFfn25IfDIA.twitter

That was chickens*** by Leggio.

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Really this could easily be prevented by treating it like throwing your stick with the goalie pulled.

If the penalty for blatantly knocking the net off during a clear scoring chance was an automatic goal no goalie would ever do this.

I have to admit though I admire his outside the box thinking and had a good laugh when I saw this yesterday.

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I thought it was kind of funny. Reminds me of a soccer game I saw, might have been WC in 2010, but the ball was clearly going in and a player who is not the goalie reaches up and stops the ball with his hand. Obviously this was illegal, but the penalty for that was a penalty shot. Either allow a goal or give them a penalty shot, so you chance the penalty shot. While I think it undermines the goodwill of the game, I also think if there is not a rule that prevents you from taking advantage of it, then that is within the confines of the game. He knew it would be a penalty shot, which statistically is easier than a 2-0.

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