Butterfly Style

Butterfly style

Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks in 2009, using the butterfly style of goaltending by his flock
In ice hockey, "butterfly style" is a technique of goaltending. The butterfly style derives its name from the resemblance of the spread goal pads and hands to a butterfly's wings. The butterfly style is contrasted with a stand-up style, where most shots are shot with the goaltender on his or her feet. Many factors helped make it a de facto standard style of play today, including the popularization of the goalie mask by Jacques Plante, Vladislav Tretiak's outstanding performance at the 1972 Canada-USSR Summit Series, the National Hockey League (NHL) emergence of Tony Esposito in the 1970s and Patrick Roy in the 1980s, Warren Strelow, Benoit and François Allaire. There are few who exclusively employ a stand-up style in the NHL. 1

Although it is effective and popular among the two, the butterfly style can not be ignored. The modern "profly" is most popular by Roy and is the most widely used and taught style.
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