Editing Goaltender (section)

===Saves===
{{Main|Save (ice hockey)}}
When a goaltender either blocks or stops a shot from going into their goal net, that action is called a save.{{efn|"Save" can also be used as a verb: i.e. "The goaltender saved the shot"}} Goaltenders often use a particular style, but in general they make saves any way they can: catching the puck with their glove hand, deflecting the shot with their stick, blocking it with their leg pads or blocker or another part of their body, or collapsing to butterfly position to block any low shot coming, especially in close proximity. After making a save, the goaltender attempts to control the rebound to avoid a goal scored by an opposing player when the goaltender is out of position ('scoring on a rebound'), or to allow the goaltender's own team to get control of the puck. Goaltenders may catch or hold a puck shot at the net to better control how it re-enters play. If there is immediate pressure from the opposing team, a goaltender may choose to hold on to the puck (for a second or more, with judgment from the referee) to stop play for a face-off. If a goaltender holds on to the puck for too long without any pressure they may be subject to a 2-minute [[Delay of game (ice hockey)|delay of game]] penalty. Recently, in the NHL and AHL, goaltenders have been restricted as to where they can play the puck behind the net.

Goaltender equipment, techniques and skills have evolved over the years, dramatically improving their effectiveness altering the dynamics of the game. Goaltenders have added masks, longer pads and are physically bigger. [[Ken Dryden]] has called for bigger nets to counter their effectiveness.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dryden |first1=Ken |title=Hockey Has a Gigantic-Goalie Problem |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/02/hockey-goalies-are-too-big-now/618021/ |access-date=22 February 2021 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=15 February 2021|author1-link=Ken Dryden }}</ref>

{{See also|Shot on goal (ice hockey)|save percentage|goals against average}}