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That footwork is absolutely mindblowing. Most people don't realize the mastery it takes just to do small stuff inside the crease.

multipass613 5 days ago

@midgetbeast31 and so the puck cant slide into the net as well.

MultiJako7 1 month ago

taking dancing lessons eh? LOL JK

srewwe 3 months ago

I hate AC/DC

chanoom 3 months ago

goalies do this to rough up the ice a little bit so when they slide they don't over slide from the ice being smooth

midgetbeast31 4 months ago

Scraping doesn't have to do with the ice being "watery". Especially NHL ice. That ice is perfect, and is given proper time to set up. You usually only see watery ice at local rinks where the drivers are tanked and the people rush teams to play immediately because of scheduling. It's just flat out easier for a goalie who has a more dull blade to move around on ice that's been used.

dpaoloni 4 months ago

Channeling the magic

SuicidelRetard 5 months ago

his pads are new there so stiff

avoilers 5 months ago

holy shit, people are retarded. i know WHY ALL goalies scuff up the crease. However, Lundqvist does the SAME routine, EVERY time, before EVERY period, EVERY game. it's not what or why he's doing it, it's HOW he's doing it.

XxiceburnxX 6 months ago 6

@XxiceburnxX I've always wondered why they do that, care to share why?

ComradeOblivious 6 months ago

@XxiceburnxX actually not all goalies scrape the crease. i realized a few years ago that nikolai khabibulin doesn't. Crazy. Dude must have tree-trunks for legs. I'm a netter myself and I tried doing that before a skate and I stood no chance.

dpaoloni 4 months ago

look at his movement. he's like a machine. absoulute perfection

MJW1SON1 7 months ago

not much a ritual a lot of goalies do this

iiExiiLeD 7 months ago

yeh...it's a ritual..when he does it the SAME way EVERY time before EVERY period.

XxiceburnxX 7 months ago 7

@XxiceburnxX uhh..... every goalie does that to fresh ice... its cause the ice is all watery and shit. you're clearly not very into hockey because everyone knows this.

Redwingsaretite 6 months ago

just saying every goalie does that.. just different ways

Gothockey19 8 months ago

I would call this a ritual. I love watching the goalies warm up/scratch the ice and such. They all do it differently and if you listen to interviews some of them will tell you things like, "I tap the top bar twice" or something like that. One of the Avs goalies had the funniest way of getting his net ready...looked like he was in a frenzy. :)

vaultingdiva 10 months ago

lol wtf r u doing in that dump philly taking this vid... i'd recommend getting out of there asap and coming to the garden

rangerfreak616 11 months ago

@rangerfreak616 lol...when you get free tickets up against the glass, how can you refuse!??! hahaha! suck it flyers fans.

XxiceburnxX 7 months ago 7

@XxiceburnxX too bad the rangers suck ass.

meatball061 6 months ago

i wouldnt call that a ritual. i do that before alot of my games if i have time

masterofpuppets703 11 months ago

the hankdance ;)

jeggoo 1 year ago

if i had the time in my warmups.. i would do this too

goaliehenrick 1 year ago

.......who thinks this is a ritual........ -.-'

xXxImM0rT4lxXx 1 year ago

@jeffster41394 and @panicxitsxbrea actually, the correct term is carving the ice.

xXxLeafs4lyfexXx 1 year ago

He does it to to chop up the ice. It seems weird to people, but moving on the chopped ice is a lot nicer than smooth ice. Sliding post to post on fresh, smooth ice isn't good because you would slide way out of the crease. Also, loosing an edge with goalie skates is a lot harder on chopped ice than fresh ice.

jeffster41394 1 year ago