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Palmieri Puck Protection vs Hurricanes

https://vimeo.com/842624374

Good puck protection is a collection of many different types of skill development. It includes good skating, edges, reach, under handling, deception, and agility. In this clip Palmieri displays a lot of these skills.

What to Watch

To create initial time and space he really uses deception by getting his toes pointing one way, then using both inside and outside edges to make a sharp cutback towards the goal line.
He also rotates his upper body quickly towards the direction he wants to go.
As he goes behind the net he uses a long reach to keep the puck away from the defenders stick.
He also uses the pressure of the defender to load his inside edge and help him accelerate out of the turn.