Murray, on practice habits

Those of you who have been to practice have no doubt noticed the five black dots that are spray-painted in front of each goal. Terry Murray explains what they’re all about…

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“They’re kind of a reference point, for where the players are supposed to be, taking care of `home plate’ to eliminate some of the grade-one scoring chances that I saw as I watched video of last year’s games. That’s a priority coming into this training camp. … The dots are a reference point, for when the puck is coming in to your defensive zone. You’re coming back to what I call `home plate’ in positioning. You want to be that tight. The prime scoring area is right there in front of your net, below the hash marks. That’s where we have to have proper positioning, to protect and help our goaltending out. As the puck is moved to different parts of the ice, below the goal line, there’s a slight adjustment for each player to make. The dots are the positions that they need to read right now, and as we move forward they will become instinctive and that will be a part of their game from this point on.”

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