“He gives us a chance to win every night and we feel good about that. That’s all you ever ask from your goaltender.”
He was a fresh-faced, 16-year-old goalie with wobbly, goal-padded shins and a trembling goal-stick when he faced the likes of future NHLers Sam Steel and Josh Mahura for the very first time.The Pats were loading up as Memorial Cup hosts that season.“They were a really good team,” recalled Maier, who, five years later, is about to embark on the final stretch of his accomplished WHL career.
It’s been quite a five-year journey for the 21-year-old Yorkton product, whose timing was certainly right as a key piece of a rebuild.Article content“Playing behind a team that wasn’t necessarily as super-stacked and really skilled as some of the other teams we were playing all the time, and kind of going through that rebuild and not making playoffs, I was able to play a lot of games and get my reps in, touches in.
Maier continues to be the veteran workhorse goalie on the Blades, who will host the Pats, and young phenom Connor Bedard, on Friday night. Game-time is 7 p.m. at SaskTel Centre. In the playoffs, he has recorded a 2.86 GAA, .903 save-percentage, 6-4-0 record and one shutout. In pre-season games, he has a 2.91 GAA, .918 save-percentage, 5-3-0 record.“It’s not been easy for him, as even-keeled as he seems and all that. All this stuff that you guys are talking about all the time, with records and all that stuff, that wears on you as an individual. I think he’s handled that very well.
“It’s a huge honour just being mentioned with such big names,” admitted Maier. “It’d be a testament to how hard I’ve worked and how long I’ve been around and the time I’ve had in this league.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Hildebrand said Maier “has probably done a better job of preparing himself, both on and off the ice” as he’s gone through the years.
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