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Goaltending Half-Butterfly Guidelines
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Many of the attributes of the butterfly save apply to the half-butterfly as well. However, the goalie will only extend one of their legs out to cover the lower corner. The half-butterfly is less demanding of a goaltenders flexibility than the butterfly, which has lent to it becoming one of the most used save techniques, supplanting the more traditional kick save.

The half-butterfly provides solid coverage of the middle of the net. The half-butterfly is one of the most compact save movements a goalie can utilize, meaning there is very little room for the puck to squeeze through the goalies body and into the net.

Use the half-butterfly during the following game conditions;
  • The puck is heading at or close to the goalie's body position
  • There is traffic obstructing the goalie's view of the shot
  • The shot is released closer to the net
Jose Theodore of the Montreal Canadiens shows a model of the half-butterfly save. There is very little chance the puck will get through the goalie who executes the half-butterfly as well as Jose demonstrates it in this photo. Jose making a perfect half-butterfly save
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This site was designed with images and content available in;
From the Crease Magazine. GDI Publishing, Inc. BC, Canada.
Daccord, B. (1998). Hockey Goaltending. Windsor, On: Human Kinetics.

It is also based on years of personal experience of playing and watching hockey.
Questions and comments can be directed to Greg Byrne at byrnejg@scils.rutgers.edu

Last updated June 2001