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kevinweekes1com Every goalie needs a partnerincrimeHome Golf Classic About KevinBiography Mentors & Heroes Charities Kevins AList The AthleteCareer Stats Shutouts Masks Tips & Advice Kevins Blog Fan ZoneGuest Book Q & A Cards Wallpaper Press Box MultimediaPhoto Gallery Game Highlights NHL TV Shop Contact Every goalie needs a partnerincrime CBC Sports CBCSportsca Blogs & Columns by Kevin WeekesEver wonder why the original Batman television series was so goodWell aside from the written sound effects on screen POW! BANG! SLAP! (all of you oldschoolers out there I know you follow me) there was his partnerincrime RobinAs a goalie in the NHL you also need a partnerincrime Understanding the positionEightytwo games are too many for one goalie even for Martin Brodeur Dominik Hasek Grant Fuhr or Patrick Roy and they are among the best there ever was and ever will be! It is just too much Even if you took an athletically and geneticallygifted beast named say for example LeBron King James at 68 260 pounds and six per cent body fat you couldnt do itThere is no doubt about this You MUST have two good goalies in this modern era of the NHL Period! Ive always said that the only guy that understands what Im going through as a goalie is my fellow goalie partner and viceversa but occasionally there are teammates that get it too Zach Parise had as close to a goalie mindset Ive ever seen for a superstar forward but ahem his brother Jordan is also a pro goalie Go figureBrian Gio Gionta was another forward who had respect for the position He said he started out as a goalie and recorded some shutouts ummmm OK Gio In junior Jamie Storr and I played for Owen Sound in the OHL We respected and pushed each other I think that is one of the reasons we made history as one of the only tandems in CHL history to both go on to play in the National Hockey League Were still friends to this day Challenging each other great for team Ive played with some stars in the NHL John Vanbiesbrouck Roberto Luongo Nikolai Khabibulin Arturs Irbe Henrik Lundqvist and Martin Brodeur quite the list huh Each helped me in different ways and at different times Khabibulin helped me take my career to a different level and I went on to become a Stanley Cup finalist in 2002 with the Carolina Hurricanes In some years I had better stats than these guys while playing together or on different teams I know that I supported nurtured and challenged them to work harder train harder and try harder That is value added for your team especially in a salary cap era A perfect example of this currently would be Johan Hedberg in AtlantaIn a condensed Olympic year the organization AND coach that understand and use their goalies most effectively will likely have the best chance to smile come early June Detroit and Pittsburgh figured that out and voila! The last two teams that played in...