Q: What does offseason strength and conditioning mean to you?
A: Goalies need their own kind of training. For me, I think it’s huge to stay up on stretching. I have to stretch a lot and stay loose. I do a lot of mobility work as well – you don’t want to lose your mobility. It’s a lot easier to get stronger in the offseason when you’re not playing, so you have to take advantage of that time available.
Q: How do you work on mobility?
A: Plyometrics, quick feet, ladders, jumps. I try to incorporate some stuff into my stretching as well, like hip mobility and things like that.
Q: How important are the hips in hockey?
A: I think the biggest things are the groins and the hips, but I don’t want to single out one or two body parts because each one is so important in hockey. You have to work on the entire body.
