Bruce Grimaldi - Rookie Profile [1/2]

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Age: 20

Height: 6'4

Weight: 210 lbs

Handedness: Right

Position: Goalie

Birthplace: Gulf Shores, Alabama, USA

Team: San Diego Marlins

 

Born in a city that has never seen snow, much less ice, Bruce Grimaldi grew up not even aware hockey was a sport. Grimaldi spent most of his childhood inline skating. It was one day on the boardwalk that he saw some kids playing roller hockey where he was first introduced to the game. Grimaldi took to the net like a duck to water and quickly fell in love with the sport.

 

Strengths.

Reaction Time:

Grimaldi mostly relies on his ability to read and react to a shot. To put his reaction time into some context, the average human takes around 250ms to initiate a reaction to visual stimulus. There is tape of Grimaldi reacting to a shot in 120ms. This ability to process and respond to each situation is something you are born with and is not something that other goalies can compete with Grimaldi on.

 

Hand Speed:

This ties in closely with Reaction Time. Grimaldi has two of the fastest hands in net. Whether it is gloving a slapshot from the blue line or diving to stop a wraparound, Grimaldi has a habit of robbing opponents. This is a key skill for Grimaldi, because he has an 80-inch reach. His ability to snap his glove or blocker to any part of the net is pivotal for his approach in net.

 

Work Ethic:

Coming from a place where ice hockey doesn’t really exist, Grimaldi has had to work twice as hard as players who are born with skates on their feet. It’s not irregular to see Grimaldi at the rink two hours after everyone else has left. He has a drive within him that is rarely seen, and it seems that he will stop at nothing to achieve his goals.  

 

Areas to improve.

Skating: 

As could be expected, Grimaldi isn’t a natural ice skater. He has only been on the ice for two years, and it shows in his pad work. He doesn’t look totally comfortable in his stance yet and will sometimes let in savable shots because he loses an edge in net.

 

Style: 

Grimaldi looks stiff in net. His feet are constantly shuffling when the puck is in his end of the ice. A key to his development is going to be his ability to settle down and let the game flow instead of relying purely on his elite reaction and speed.

 

Rebounding:

This is the area where Grimaldi will need to see the most improvement. He has a bad habit of pushing pucks back out into dangerous areas of the ice instead of killing the puck. This sets his defense up for failure in a lot of cases where they did everything right. He has the natural ability but is going to have to change his habits in order to progress into a VHL goalie.

 

Summary:

Bruce Grimaldi isn't a player that should be overlooked. He's a once in a generation type goalie who, once his rough edges are polished, has the ability to be an elite goalies in not just the VHLM, but the VHL.

 

Edited July 13, 2019 by Psyduck77

[Datools 7]

Review: Love the stats and the breakdown format., makes it concise and quik to read. Would've loved more of a background story, what led Bruce to have that type of goal tending style and be so strong in those areas. I've got a great sense of who your goalie is and wish you a great and long career! P.S. both our players are roller boys!