Training Log: Gift of Fury
- Day 22
Filed Under (Training) by admin on 07-03-2010
Tagged Under : Bob Froese, Gift of Fury, Philadelphia Flyers
TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
BOB FROESE
Today’s Colin Timberlake Training Inspiration is a man who was one of the notable goaltenders of the 1980s but whose fine work between the pipes has gone largely forgotten in the intervening decades.
Bob Froese was the go-to man in goal for the Philadelphia Flyers for a good portion of that high-flying decade and also enjoyed a healthy career with the New York Rangers.
Among Froese’s accomplishments with the Flyers was leading the entire NHL with 31 wins in 1985-86, a season during which he also led the league in goals against average (2.55), shutouts (5) and save percentage (.909).
That year, Froese won the Wililam M. Jennings Trophy as goaltender for the team with the best goals against average, and was also named to the 2nd All-Star Team and a finalist for the Vezina Trophy as the league’s top netminder.
Indeed, in only one of his five seasons with Philadelphia did his goals against average rise above 3.00, and this was an era where few if any goalies enjoyed sub-3.00 seasons. The one season where he did edge above 3.00, Froese sported a 3.14 GAA in 1983-84, still a remarkably low average for the time.
Froese finished his career with 128 wins agains only 72 losses and 20 ties, giving him one of the better career winning percentages of all time.
TODAY: CARDIO
STATIONARY BIKE
- Resistance 10/25
33 Minutes / 12.69 Miles / 409 Cal
TRAINING NOTES
Total Sets (Body): Zero
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