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Tuesday, April 16
Updated: April 29, 5:24 PM ET
 
Goalies: Vancouver vs. Detroit

By Darren Pang
Special to ESPN.com

Dan Cloutier, Vancouver
Dan Cloutier
Goaltender
Vancouver Canucks
Profile
2001-2002 SEASON STATISTICS
GM W L T SV% GAA
62 31 22 5 .901 2.43
His head: He has won at every level. Memorial Cup. World Championship. He is very confident in his abilities and has won big games down the stretch.

His hands: He has pretty good hands. You tend to forget he is slight, at 6-foot-1, 185 pounds.

His feet: He has decent lateral movement. Once he gets set, he is good in this area.

His stick: He is pretty decent playing the puck and fairly active in terms of agressiveness with his stick around the net.

His technique: He will do many things to stop the puck. You will see him put his paddle down when the play is in close. He can be very aggressive and get his body in front of pucks. He's very competitive.

Dominik Hasek, Detroit
Dominik Hasek
Goaltender
Detroit Red Wings
Profile
2001-2002 SEASON STATISTICS
GM W L T SV% GAA
64 41 14 8 .917 2.12
His head: Based on his last two regular-season games, who the heck knows! He has Gretzky-like confidence and can clearly get in the head of the opposition when he stays in the net and stops the puck.

His hands: He watches as the puck enter his glove. He drops his stick to cover the puck with his blocker. He uses his hands in an unconventional way because of his ability to slow the puck down in his mind.

His feet: He's able to spread his pads from post to post at times -- while laying on his stomach! He has great flexibility and reflexes.

His stick: He thinks he is better than he is at playing the puck. Instead, he should just leave the puck for his defensemen. He's not an aggressive pokechecker.

His technique: There is no video available just yet to teach this technique. When there is a scramble, anything goes. He won't quit on a puck, and that is his greatest asset.

Darren Pang, a former goaltender with the Chicago Blackhawks, is a hockey analyst for ESPN.

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