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Garth Snow
N.Y. Islanders
6' 3"  200 lbs.
QUICK STATS
  Regular Post
Record 117-119-38 8-4
GAA 2.74 2.94
SV% .902 .890
SO 15 0


Mental Toughness
Snow is one of the best team guys in the business. He is always a favorite in the locker room because he is such a fierce competitor. Snow has pushed the legal limits of his equipment for years, always looking for a competitive advantage.

Glove Hand
He is a decent catcher of the puck, but Snow's MO over the years has morphed into being primarily a shot blocker.

Stick
Snow is solid in and around the net with his stick in protecting the passing lanes. But he is not an adept pokechecker, nor is he all that agile in getting to shoot-ins on the forecheck to use his capable shooting and passing skills.

Pads
Let's just say that Snow is known for the size of his pads more so than his use of them in any discernable technical manner.

Style
Snow is the unlikely combination of chutzpah, intelligence and shooter tutor. His "bigger is better" philosophy has its merits, but it does reduce his mobility. Still, in a profession in which winning counts as everything, and playing a position where stopping the puck is all that matters, it is hard to find fault with Snow's contrived approach.

Intangible
Snow plays the position with more emotion than most. That can be infectious at playoff time and become a rallying point for a team.

Stanley Cup
Played in the 1997 Stanley Cup Finals for the Philadelphia Flyers.

 


 
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