Ohio's goalie situation is about as good as it can be. Not only do the Bobcats have two goalies that can go out and post a shutout, they also have an assistant coach that has played the position before.
And he played well. Very well.
Brian Gallagher was the 2004 ACHA Player of the Year, 2004 ACHA Tournament first team and Ohio University's 2004 Athlete of the Year.
This year Gallagher's job duties broadened as he went from goalies coach to assistant coach, but he still spends time with goalies ' and it pays off.
It's a huge advantage to us
Marshall said, He's gone through everything we're going through right now. He's got advice (and) it actually helps out a lot.
After college Gallagher played professionally for a few years including two years in Finland with the Porvoo Hunters.
It's always great to have a goalie coach, sophomore goalie Chris Carlson said
but even more so when he had the career he had here, and he was a professional too.
Ohio is one of the few teams in the Central States Collegiate Hockey League that has multiple goalies that can play at a high level.
Marshall said that one of the reasons for their success is the way Gallagher prepares them. He likes to evaluate the goalies in different ways
ranging from still photographs to looking at video.
He critiques them on their mechanics and fundamentals
and they make adjustments quickly.
On Monday when we look at tapes, I'll say, 'All right, here's what you did well, here's what you did wrong and here's what you need to do better,' Gallagher said.
By evaluating themselves after each game
the goalies don't have to make adjustments based on the team they are playing.
He said that when Ohio (20-13) plays league rival Kent State (21-11) this weekend
the goalies won't have to study the film series with the Flashes early in the year because they already made those adjustments early in the season.
Gallagher said that having two goalies that play at a high level benefits the team more in practice than in actual games.
Every day at practice, he said
the forwards are challenged shooting at good goalies.
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