Editing Goaltender (section)

===Roster===
Goaltenders are a specialized position in ice hockey; at higher levels in the game, no goaltenders play other positions and no other players play goaltender. At minor levels and recreational games, goaltenders do occasionally switch with others players who have been taught goaltending; however, most recreational hockey rules are now forbidding position swapping due to an increase in injuries.<ref name="hg">{{cite book |last1=Daccord |first1=Brian |title=Hockey Goaltending |date=2009 |publisher=Human Kinetics |isbn=978-0-7360-7427-8}}</ref>

A typical ice hockey team has two or three goaltenders on its roster. Most teams typically have a starting goaltender who plays the majority of the regular season games and all of the playoffs, with the [[#Back-up_goaltender|backup goaltender]] only stepping in if the starter is pulled or injured, or in cases where the schedule is too heavy for one goaltender to play every game.

Professional hockey leagues at all levels require each team have a list of "emergency" goaltenders. The list provides goaltender options for both the home and visiting teams. These goaltenders are to be called to a game if a team does not have two goaltenders to start the game, most often in the [[ECHL]] where a goaltender can be called up to the [[American Hockey League]] (AHL) that afternoon and the team is unable to sign a backup or the scheduled backup is unable to make the game on time after a callup. An "emergency" goaltender may also be called if both roster goaltenders are injured in the same game.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2017/01/06/emergency-goalie-the-most-unique-one-day-job-in-sports/96265280/|title=Emergency goalie: The most unusual 1-day job in sports|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=March 30, 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330212607/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nhl/2017/01/06/emergency-goalie-the-most-unique-one-day-job-in-sports/96265280/|archive-date=March 30, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

====Goalie tandem====
Some teams have used a goaltender tandem where two goaltenders split the regular season playing duties, though often one of them is considered the number one goaltender who gets the start in the playoffs. An example is the 1982–83 [[New York Islanders]] with [[Billy Smith (ice hockey)|Billy Smith]] and [[Roland Melanson]]; Melanson was named to the NHL second All-Star team for his regular season play while Smith won the [[Conn Smythe Trophy]] as the playoff MVP and both players shared the [[William M. Jennings Trophy]] for fewest goals allowed. Another instance is the [[Edmonton Oilers]]' [[Andy Moog]] and [[Grant Fuhr]]; both of them earned [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|All-Star Game]] appearances for the regular season play, with Moog being the starter in the 1983 playoffs and Fuhr for the 1984 playoffs (although Moog started Game 4 and 5 of the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals due to Fuhr's injury) and subsequent postseasons.<ref name="hg" />

The [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] had [[Terry Sawchuk]] and [[Johnny Bower]] share goaltending duties in the regular season and games, playoffs, winning the 1964–65 [[Vezina Trophy]] (shared) and the 1967 [[Stanley Cup]]. The 1996–97 [[Philadelphia Flyers]]' [[Ron Hextall]] and [[Garth Snow]] alternated in the playoffs;<ref name=":0">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/16/sports/time-to-drop-the-puck-on-stanley-cup-season.html?scp=542&sq=Ron+Hextall&st=nyt |title=Time to Drop the Puck On Stanley Cup Season |work=The New York Times |last=Lapointe |first=Joe |date=April 16, 1997 |access-date=April 24, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108114714/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/16/sports/time-to-drop-the-puck-on-stanley-cup-season.html?scp=542&sq=Ron+Hextall&st=nyt |archive-date=January 8, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Snow started nine of the ten games during the first two rounds,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/15/sports/flyers-question-who-will-start-in-goal.html?scp=552&sq=Ron+Hextall&st=nyt |title=Flyers' Question: Who Will Start in Goal? |last=Lapointe |first=Joe |work=The New York Times |date=May 15, 1997 |access-date=April 24, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305154515/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/15/sports/flyers-question-who-will-start-in-goal.html?scp=552&sq=Ron+Hextall&st=nyt |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> but Hextall took over in game two of Conference Finals and remained the starting goaltender for the remainder of the playoffs, though Snow started for game two of the Stanley Cup Finals.