royals dad wrote:I don't know anything about the situation with this goalie but I would say being "warmed up" would have nothing to do with this type of injury. If she was facing the shooter on slap shot and she recieved an injury from the impact of a slap shot in her upper arm or elbow. I would take a close look at the fit and strings/straps of her upper body protection. Any HS goalie should be in a high quality intermediate or adult sized upper body chest and wings. These are made to the same spec as the pros wear and you can quite confidently face a 100 MPH slapshot with out fear of anything but a stinger. This is not the same equipment we had 20 years ago. Still amazes me when I take a hard shot and it doesn't hurt like it used to.
To make movement more natural most manufactures will have a number of adjustable hinges in the padding, these need to be checked on a regular basis to make sure they still give good coverage. My daughters Vaughn used to have a string that yould come loose now and the and expose part of her wrist. She learned the hard way to always check that one. Bottom line check your goalies equipment regularly, replace it when it needs it, and don't go with the cheapest or jr sized.
Coaches should make there captins aware that goalies should get time to recover between shots in warm ups and head shots should be avoided but otherwise shooters should be able to grip it and rip it. I coach, play, and parent the position.
I guess the part that bugged me the most was the lame comment of
Chaska outshot and outplayed Shakopee 3-1. Too bad they are weak in net. They really deserved it.
The Chaska Goalie was injured within the first minute of warmup and spent the rest of the 10 with the med trainer. she faced 4-5 quick slapshots and took one off of the elbow (funnybone area) and I am not real sure but I am sure not real funny!
The point I was trying to make is don't cut down your goalie and call her weak in the net when it was your own team that hurt her.