6 way tie for GOLD

During the TGC Goalympics on Friday in Eagan, all of the goalies were competing hard in the last ice session. A few years back, as a staff, we decided that it is important to allow the TGC goalies to use all of the new skills that they have learned throughout the week in a competitive setting. Thus, the TGC Goalympics were born. With Coach Grant acting as the Goalympic Commissioner, we break the goalies into teams and let them compete against eachother and the coaches for the Goalympic Gold. Through these competitive games; we focus on rebound control, recoveries, patience, save selection, focus under pressure, and teamwork. The coaching staff and snipers work hard to try to score goals, while the goalies are trying to put themselves in good position to force the shooters to take quality shots. We had six rotations at Eagan's Goalympics and with a few teams starting out 2-1 and others starting out 0-3, it looked like we would have a three team battle for the Gold Medal. The goalies were able to see the standings as they submitted scores from the various events and our team captains were able to motivate their teams to continue to work hard and compete. Going into the last event of the day, we had three teams tied with a 2-3 record and the other three teams were 1-4. The gold medal was still up for grabs and we were anxious to see which goalies would step up and get their team a victory to take home the gold. When the final whistle blew and the team captains rushed over to submit their scores, we had a TGC first. All six teams finished with a 2-4 record and everyone was a TGC Goalympic Gold Medalist! It was an unbelievable highlight to another exciting week in Eagan!