Being a right-handed goalie forced to shoot left, I'm definitely not an expert but... I've talked to a few players who I know are right handed and learned to shoot left from a young age so that their dominant hand (right) is at the top of the stick for stronger poke checks, reach-ins and wrap-arounds while maintaining a hard shot. Seemed to make sense to me and if I could learn how to shoot pucks left-handed with a trapper and blocker *anybody* can, especially forwards and defencemen! just my $.02 worth, Dave Chapman ---------------==============================--------------- David Chapman Internet: [log in to unmask] IBM Microelectronics IBM net: [log in to unmask] (802) 769-7540 (tieline 446) vnet: dchap at btv ---------------==============================--------------- HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.