There are two reasons to pull your goalie. The first is when there’s a delayed penalty, giving your team an extra attacker until the other team touches the puck to halt play. The second is when a team is trailing late in the game and the goaltender heads to the bench for a sixth skater. This usually happens with less than two minutes remaining in a game, although we’ve seen aggressive (and somewhat maniacal) coaches like Patrick Roy pull his keeper with more than 13 minutes remaining in a game (and trailing by four goals, hence maniacal). Does it work? Andrew Thomas, in the Journal of
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