The stay-at-home defenseman: the wall

The stay-at-home defenseman plays hockey's most underrated role: their masterpiece is the goal that never happens. The blocked shot, the stick in the passing lane, the forward escorted away from the net, the simple risk-free zone exit. None of those actions touch the official scoresheet, and yet coaches know: in the moments that matter, this is who gets sent out.

Progress, not pressure

For a kid in this role, measurement changes team life: without it, their season reads "2 points in 20 games"; with it, it becomes "45 blocked shots, best +/- among defensemen, almost no quality chances allowed during their shifts". Same player, same season, two completely different stories. RinkLog's Stay-at-Home Defenseman preset tells the true one.

Blocked shots: hockey’s most measurable sacrifice

Plus/minus: the position’s queen statistic, read as a trend

Chances against during their shifts: the wall, measured in reverse

Penalty kill shifts: trust in the hard moments

Low giveaways: reliability before flash

RinkLog measures and computes all of this automatically during your hockey, ball hockey and ringette games.

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