Goalie discusses mindset during game

I wonder about, uh, 34 saves in your night, just how you felt,

uh, and what you saw

as you looked out from your crease.

Yes. Uh, I felt nothing. The

the problem with me is that I have a lot of fun playing, but

when I start having too much fun, it makes me into,

from an unconscious goalie to a conscious goalie, and my conscious brain is really

bad at playing goalie. So I have to, like, let my unconscious brain do the

work 'cause it reacts a lot quicker.

When I'm having too much fun, and I'm smiling,

and I'm talking to everybody, and

I'm hanging out, what happens is that shifts me into more conscious brain

goalie. And then I can't react in time, and then I'm slow, I'm behind the play,

and

then I give up seven goals, you know?

But today it was just unconscious. Like, don't think about anything.

You know, if you asked me how I made a save,

I'd be like, "I have no idea." Just my

unconscious brain does it, and, uh, that's what you work and practice for, you

know?

Well, you felt nothing during the game, but I wonder what you felt like after,

when

you're doing the three stars and you hear the crowd-

Yeah

... and, uh, and you feel-

When the buzz- when the buzzer went, that's when I was like, "Okay,

now you can let

it all go."

Yeah.

So you get a, a huge rush of, like, dopamine and

serotonin and adrenaline, and just, like, goosebumps.

It's the best feeling in the world.

It's, like, the biggest reason why I love to play.

And, uh, yeah, then you can just let it all out.

Now I can smile and enjoy myself.

But yeah, like, TV timeouts in between period, I'm like,

"Don't smile.

Don't talk to anyone. Just focus on your game.

Let your unconscious brain do it." And, uh, it was great. It worked.

It worked. Congrats on, uh, everything.

Yeah.

And feel all of it.

But I also got pretty lucky too. Like, three posts, you know, no goals off my

own team. So that's, you know, hopefully that luck continues

and I can continue to

make saves.

Keep it rolling. Appreciate it.

Okay. Yes, thank you. Okay