The Real Life BHL: Subbing for the Dangle Pigeons

For those of you who have been saying I need to play in a better league, here you go! Got the call from a buddy to sub in the real life BHL -- yes, that BHL! KVG had a bye week, though, so I was playing for the Dangle Pigeons (3-3-1) against Team Chang (4-2-1). While the Dangle Pigeons hadn't beaten Team Chang before, the boys came out strong and we pulled out a 5-4 win.. or what would've been 5-3, if not for a very late tip-in goal. I love playing in this league, which is mostly ex-pro, college, and junior players, as I find it easier to play against the very good players with crisp plays, great passes, and hard, well-placed shots. Do you see a difference in how I play against better players vs lesser skilled players? Comment below and let me hear it!
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[@NavyPanther54]

I would definitely agree with you in saying you play better against better skilled players. I have the same thing (up to a certain point). Maybe it's because it's just more predictable? No fluke goals, and they always have nice shots. Versus a bad player who has little power on his wrister, so you expect another weak shot, then he magically backhands the crap out of his next shot and goes bar down.

[@ourgoalielife]

Thanks, Navy! Completely agree with you. The plays are way more predictable, as the better players know what they're doing. I'm admittedly TERRIBLE against really weak players.

[@zacman182]

I am so jealous of that warm up... that may be a goalie thing to say but it just seemed so smooth and the shooters looked like they were using it to warm YOU up, not themselves, unlike most beer league teams. Everyone thinks they are Datsyuk...

[@ourgoalielife]

Trust me, I'm jealous, too. Wish I could get this warm up every time!

[@calebjang7415]

I hate it when they take a full slap shot towards your head from 20 ft out during warm-ups. The more experienced players know this is the time to let you get a good feel of the puck. Great videos....just discovered your channel!

[@blues3531]

Reading the description - yeah I totally understand being at a certain level and playing better against more set plays and hard shots. When you work up to a certain level its tough to play shooters who fan or don't get everything on every shot or teams that put together alot of broken unpredictable plays and bounces.

[@sylvainster30]

I play twice a week and sometimes more when someone needs a replacement goalie but watching your videos makes me wanna play NOW lol

[@ourgoalielife]

LOL That's more than I've been playing lately, haha! Ready to get back to it!

[@tendy-d9316]

Ha! Unsportsmanlike conduct on the Ref

[@ourgoalielife]

LOL

[@kemosabesean3909]

love the look of that true stick. I have the white and the matte finish is so nice.

[@ourgoalielife]

Agreed! Wish there wasn't any blue on it, but it's so small you can't see it, lol.

[@ChrisB10]

What a save at 3:05

[@ourgoalielife]

Agreed! That defenseman played pro on the St. Charles Chill back when I tried out some years ago. He's a good guy.

[@kendevine9485]

Your chest protector looks super pointy at the top. Is that something you did to it? Also, do you think that both calf straps are necessary on the Eflex3s? I tried them for the first time last week and felt like two straps in that area was a little redundant. Part of me saying that is because I'm interested in the new Premier IIs, which only come with one conventional strap.

[@andemadsmit]

You stand up more I feel instead of dropping into butterfly

[@ourgoalielife]

Agreed! Isn't that weird? Funny thing is, when you look at my old BHL Advanced videos (they're TBT videos when I had Revokes), I did the same thing. I play far more of a "hybrid" style when I play against better players.

[@andemadsmit]

GoalieCreaseNet my guess is that there are far less scrambles infront of the net and a lot more cross ice passing, so it's more important to be quick to adjust angle than to stop and weak shots from a scramble

[@johnhickam2541]

Cool thansk

[@johnhickam2541]

Is that the new premier chestie

[@ourgoalielife]

Yup! This is the 2017 chesty. Review will be going up soon-ish!

[@konora50]

I noticed your black and white gear have the single T but your red ones have the double T. After using both which one do you prefer?

[@ourgoalielife]

Hmmm.. honestly, for me, I don't notice a performance issue. I can see the puck better in the double tee and it also looks deeper. But I prefer the look of the single. So I just prefer the single overall.

[@reecemascolino]

Interesting save selection at 1:22 Tommy, anything in particular go through your mind when you made that one?

[@ourgoalielife]

I knew he didn't have any angle on the net from where he was. In addition, I knew I had a defenseman in the slot guarding any pass, so I could stay on my feet, make the stop, and go from there. Against these better players, I tend to play far more upright.

[@anastassianelson4119]

How do the CCM's fit when compared to Brian's?

[@ourgoalielife]

In my opinion, Brian's tend to naturally fit tigther since they have the Smart Strap system. But that's the only difference, and I could get used to it easily.

[@hellehansen1377]

Is that ice as horrible as it looks?

[@ourgoalielife]

It wasn't too terrible. Better than usual, at least, but still not the best around.

[@werterbrers]

There might be a small hole in your new blocker...😂

[@ourgoalielife]

LOL

[@fullrightjax7760]

I thought this was real life not roblox

[@leightongair9]

First