The Hockey News

In this year's Goalie Issue, you'll find features on the Avs' duo Mackenzie Blackwood and Scott Wedgewood, Jakub Dobes, Sergei Bobrovsky, Jet Greaves, Jacob Markstrom, Jesper Wallstedt, Darcy Kuemper, Devin Cooley and more. We also look at how each country develops its goaltenders and what the impact of an 84-game schedule will be. On top of that, we count down the NHL's best crease duos, look at the future of goaltending for every NHL organization and feature some of the best keepers from leagues around the world.

MASTHEAD

MONTREAL MAGIC

REMEMBERING GEORGE

NO STYLE? NO PROBLEM! • Individuality and unpredictability have become the defining traits in the development of today’s goalies. It’s a trend born out of organic evolution vs. manufactured coaching

BEHIND THE MASK

JERSEY HOUND

FIVE X FIVE • No statistic illustrates the thanklessness of goaltending quite like goals-for average (GFA), which measures how many goals a netminder’s team scores while he’s between the pipes. Of the keepers to play at least 82 games, these five have had the least goal support over the past five seasons

IN THE CARDS

THE COUNTDOWN • Potential is great and all, but we rank the best goaltending duos right here, right now in a changing landscape

PUCK CULTURE • It’s not often an amateur gets to live the dream of being an emergency backup goalie. But they do occasionally – and some even get a hockey card that proves it

SUBTRACTIONBY ADDITION • The NHL’s new 84-game schedule means fans will get to see more intra-division duels. Adding those rivalry matches quietly erased a bigger problem, and the past five seasons show why that will matter in the playoff race

EVERYBODY’S FRIEND • Want to talk hockey, day or night? Barry Melrose was your man. The ultra-popular player-turned-coach-turned-broadcaster worked tirelessly ‘making donuts’

SAVE YOUR TIERS • Finding a goalie who checks every box in fantasy hockey is just that – a fantasy. But these lessons will make your search for successful stoppers easier

ATTEST OF THE BEST • Putting together The Hockey News Top 100 Players of All Time resulted not only in the definitive ranking of the game’s greats, but it also revealed the stories of who the stars were as players and people

THE YOUNG AND THE BOWNESS • Rick Bowness is not afraid to speak his mind after working in pro hockey for half a century. His harsh words after last season were proof, but he’s not done learning from his younger players, either

WOOD WALL • Mackenzie Blackwood and Scott Wedgewood share more than the timber of their surnames. Their personalities and play greatly help the team and each other, no matter how long the duo lasts

THE WIZARD OF MONTREAL • Jakub Dobes is not in Kansas anymore. He’s seized the spotlight on one of hockey’s biggest stages after entering last season as the Canadiens’ backup, and he wants every shot he can get

HEIR CANADA • Jet Greaves suddenly seems like a prime candidate to ascend to the blue-paint throne for his home nation. And now that he is armed with some financial security and the starting gig in the Columbus net, he’s truly cleared for his NHL takeoff

ENLISTING THE ENEMY • If you can’t beat ’em, sign ’em. Toronto did that with Sergei Bobrovsky – the game-stealing, Cup-winning veteran who’s forgetting the past and embracing new responsibilities in a hockey capital

THE EVERYTHING MAN • To say Devin Cooley doesn’t stop learning is an understatement. That’s helped the pet-saving journeyman handle a career-threatening concussion, the path to Calgary’s crease and life itself

MEET THE EBUGs • Starting this season, each NHL club must travel with an emergency backup goalie. Even with the change, there remains an intriguing cast waiting for an...