I remember when I had coaches who would tell me to take a look at the shooter’s eyes when they come in on a breakaway and you can tell where they’re going to shoot. This is such ridiculous advice and if you have ever received the same advice you probably need a new coach or you need to educate your current coach. I’m not really going to get into why its so ridiculous, because I’m pretty sure you can figure it out. Anyways, there is a way for the hockey goalie to read what a shooter is going to do on a breakaway, its definitely not fool-proof (especially when you start facing advanced shooters) but it can be helpful. The key to reading the shooter is seeing where the shooter is holding his or her stick. If their stick is out in front of them it usually means they are going to deke, its pretty hard to get off a good shot if you are holding the puck in front of you, so if you see that the shooter pulls the puck back to the side of their body it is likely that they are planning to shoot. Remember though, this depends on the level that you are playing at…once you start facing better shooters they can be much trickier with the puck and they can snap shots off quicker with out having to pull the puck all the way to the side of their body so be careful with this.