The 21\u002Dyear\u002Dold Latvian puck stopper had a tough start to his first National Hockey League game, but he got better as the contest went along.
Few goalies make that save, but all goalies believe they can make it. Even better preparation will help him next time, Silovs believes.Article content
Pre-game, he wasn’t terribly nervous, he said. Just excited. He had backed up for the Canucks a handful of times in the past three seasons, so he at least knew what the game-day environment was like. He kept to usual pre-game routine, though he did admit to checking out all the video scouting options available to an NHL goalie. There’s not much video to look at in the American Hockey League, he pointed out, so studying video pre-game isn’t usually part of his pre-game routine.Article content“It’s like a first-time thing. We don’t usually have iPads in the AHL,” he said. “I was just curious to see like shoot-out moves, you know? Tendencies in what they do.
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