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Los Angeles King Cal Petersen is our feature guest this week as he talks development, career, his NCAA experience and becoming an NHL regular.

This week we talk Russian Goaltending with Semyon Varlamov as well as coach Oleg Romashko who was in Vancouver working with Canucks Goaltending Coach Ian Clark.

Our guest in Episode 61 is Dusty Imoo, who finished his season coaching in the KHL on a lengthy road trip as his team, Kunlun Red Star is based in China, where COVID-19 first took hold. From that experience we also talk about his relationship with his goaltenders, his own need to practice with his team frequently to baiting shooters and learning to catch pucks.

In this Episode of the InGoal Radio Podcast presented by The Hockey Shop Source for Sports ,we have a lengthy chat with former NHL goaltender and now Columbus Blue Jackets Goaltending Coach Manny Legace. The stories range from registering under a pseudonym as a child so that he could play goal on another team while staying as a forward on his own minor hockey team, to playing in the Olympics where he was to be Canada's shootout specialist, to what is was like to be a young goaltender on the famed Detroit Red Wings with Yzerman, Lidstrom, Chelios and other future Hall of Famers - and of course those legendary 38" pads.

In the Gear Segment we talk about a new undergarment you just have to try the Zenkai compression socks with bite in lace bite protectors that will leave your feet feeling fresh and your skates completely dry. You can see them all at the Hockey Shop.

In this Episode of the InGoal Radio Podcast presented by The Hockey Shop Source for Sports ,we have a lengthy chat with legendary mask maker and artist Greg Harrison. His clients are a who's who of goaltending and if you are a fan of classic masks you'll recognize his work in an instant. Gratton's famous lion, Rutherford's wings, Bannerman, Bromley, Belfour, Potvin and hundreds more. He is also the man who brought us the combo mask we all wear today. Oh, and lets not forget that he was a goaltender himself, 13 years a practice goalie for the Leafs, long before anyone knew who David Ayers was and came close to having his own moment in the spotlight.

Greg is making custom masks today and can be reached directly via Instagram @GregHarrisonTheMask, or through GoalieParts.com

In the interview we talk about the famous Lion of Gilles Gratton - you might enjoy this article from InGoal when we caught up with Gratton several years ago.

In the Gear Segment we talk about tape alternatives for your stick knob, including Butt Endz and Tacki-Mac Command Tape Grip. You can see them all at the Hockey Shop.

we catch up with Bob Essensa to talk about everything from a playing career that started, as so many do, as the little brother that was forced into the net and ended with six NHL teams over 12 seasons before becoming the Boston Bruins goaltending coach in 2003. The man they call Goalie Bob shares insights as a goalie who played in the "fear factor" era, when shots really hurt, and through the evolution to equipment that not only better protected you, but also pads that actually rotated in the butterfly. He talks about staying current in an ever shifting coaching environment, and working with a future Hall of Fame goaltender like Tuukka Rask, including all the questions and criticisms he gets from other goaltending coaches in the summer about Rask's preference for "shin on post" on sharp-angle plays. The answer is revealing.

In The Hockey Shop’s Gear Segment we speak with Cam about the PadSkinz, the easy-to-apply do-it-yourself way to change up your pad and glove colors and graphics if you find yourself changing teams for spring or summer hockey, and a perfectly timed segment given the NHL trade deadline left goalies like Jack Campbell doing the same to transform his Los Angeles Kings equipment into Toronto Maple Leafs colours.

Speaking of trades, Dad, Woody and Daren discuss the moves that happened -- and maybe more pointedly, some of the ones that didn't -- ahead of this week's deadline, as well as the EBUG heroics of David Ayres for the Carolina Hurricanes in Toronto over the weekend, and what it might mean for how the NHL handles similar situations in the future.