Wake up, start your week, and dive into the Monday Morning GDI Goalie News! Who stopped the most shots… which netminder rebounded from a tough loss… who had the best performance of the week?Look below, get your goalie fix to start the week. Here we go!

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BOOK YOUR SPOTS FOR SUMMER 1v1's

Make sure you stay sharp over the off-season by attending 1v1 lessons. The months of  July & August are starting to fill up for 1v1 sessions at the centre. We are open from 3:30pm-9:30pm during the week and 10:00am-3:00pm Saturday and Sunday. During July and August we are open from 10:30am-3:30pm/4:30pm-9:30pm weekdays and 10:00am-3:00pm on weekends. To make sure you secure your spots throughout the summer, we suggest signing up for your 1v1 sessions well in advance!

GDI Off-Season Programs

With the hockey season coming to a close It's time to start planning your off-season training. GDI offers a wide variety of off-season programs.

Summer Camps:

These are the anchor to the goaltender’s off-season development needs. These 4 or 5 day camps provide the biggest impact on goaltender performance in a short period of time. Our camps are very intense and goaltenders will conduct on-ice sessions, fitness testing, flexibility and hand eye training, classroom sessions, daily journals, off-ice dryland, comprehensive evaluation reports and much more.These spots fill up well in advance, don't miss your opportunity to train with GDI. For more information Click Here

Steinbach Pre-Season Clinic:

August 31st - September 4th T.G. Smith Centre Five - 1 hour ice times For more information Click Here These spots fill up fast so don't miss your opportunity to Train Like A Pro. Email us at info@gdigoaltending.com or call us at (204) 489-7465 for more information ________________________________________________________________________________________________    

Flodell Aiming For #1 Role With Thunderbirds

The biggest question for the T-Birds entering this season has been in net, where they'll be losing WHL graduate Taran Kozun, who established himself as one of the league's best goalies over the past season and a half. In line to replace him is another prospect from the 2012 Bantam Draft, Logan Flodell. Flodell appeared in nine games last season, posting a 3-2-0-1 record, a 2.75 goals-against average, and a .907 save percentage. The nine contests are a small sample size, but his numbers were impressive nonetheless. The biggest question is whether or not he's ready to take on the No. 1 role full time in a year where expectations for the team will be high. At this point, Flodell stands as the No. 1, but he knows that his current status is all but assured. "(Seattle acquiring a veteran goalie) has definitely crossed my mind," said the Regina, Saskatchewan native. "It's up to them, but even if they do bring in an older and more experienced goalie, it's still going to be my job to fight for that No. 1 spot. Even if someone else is there, if I keep fighting tooth and nail I'll get my opportunity." For the full article Click HereFlodell has travelled to Winnipeg from Regina, SK to work with GDI through 1v1 lessons and 7am PSM Conditioning Circuits for many years. Floodell has also attended GDI Summer Camps.________________________________________________________________________________________________

Week 5 Hardest Workers

GDI would like to congratulate the goalies who earned the mask for being the hardest workers in their group last week. The mask is a new feature to the Total GDI Academy this summer. The mask is handed out to the hardest working goalie at the conclusion of each group's tactical session. Who will earn the mask this week? ______________________________________________________________________________________

What is your favourite drill during a pre-game warmup?

Send us your answer by tweeting us (@gdigoaltending), post a comment on our instagram (gdigoaltending) or post your answer to our Facebook wall. ______________________________________________________________________________________ From @VaughnHockey "His only focus is to innovate goaltending equipment to allow every goalie to be the best. Aug 6, 6-730pm #GoalieMike"   Follow us on Twitter @GDIGoaltending _____________________________________________________________________________________________________

VAUGHN EQUIPMENT DEMOS

Are you looking at getting new equipment? Ask us about our Vaughn demo equipment. We have many different sets of Vaughn equipment that are available for you to demo during your 1v1 lesson at GDI Goaltending. Contact us at info@gdigoaltending.com if you have any further questions

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TESTify Performance:

TESTify Performance is a new addition to GDI and The Rink. Check out Adam Jones of the Midget AAA Winnipeg Wild running through the tests of a TESTify Performance session. For more information on TESTify Performance Click Here ______________________________________________________________________________________ Make sure to check back at gdigoaltending.com on Tuesdays to read the Tuesday Mental Training tip. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Head over to The Rink Training Centre Blog at www.therink.ca on Wednesday to catch THE WEEKLY WORD for all the news on the players training at the centre! Wednesday reports on players are written by The Rink's Jon Cara and Monday reports on skill development are written by The Rink's Dave Cameron. _________________________________________________________________________________________

Did we miss something? If you know something we don't or have news regarding a friend, your son or daughter, or even about your own accomplishments please let us know! We love to hear about success stories! Email us at info@gdigoaltending.com