Hammondnak 2 playoff meccse volt és még egy harmad a 4. meccs végén, amikor már a Preds vezetett 3-mal.

Az egyike meccsen nagyon jól védett a másikon kapott egy sima 5-öst. Több gólban benne volt.
Idén két meccse volt, annak ellenére, hogy folyamatosan sérültek voltak a kapusaink, inkább védett Bernier vagy Varlamov B2B-en de HAmmond nem kapott lehetőséget sem az NHL-ben sem a farmban, mert nem bízott benne se az edzői stáb se a csapat.

Bernie-nek idén volt egy W9-es sorozata kezdőként (egy szar védelem mellett), fantasztikusan védett, pont, hogy ő az a backup, aki komolyabb terhelés mellett konzisztensen is tud jól védeni és nem csak 1-1 meccsre.

Ráadásul Parkkila mellett teljesen megváltozott a technikája Bernier-nek tök más felfogásban véd - erről volt egy cikke Friedman-nek (ahol valami kapus szaki gondolatait írta le Bernier feltámadásáról), ide másolom:

Colorado hired Jussi Parkkila as its goalie coach last summer because of his familiarity with Semyon Varlamov. However, the true Avalanche netminding success story is Jonathan Bernier, who beat the Maple Leafs on Monday night for the team’s 10th-straight victory. Parkkila admitted he and Bernier didn’t know each other at all. What was the first thing Parkkila noticed about his newest pupil? “No bad days,” he answered. That’s huge for Bernier, and a big change. When he was going through difficult times in Toronto, he wore it. Very openly. It’s a difficult way to live, especially in that market.

As for technical changes, Parkkila says the biggest adjustment was in Bernier’s “reverse VH.” He and I talked while walking to the Colorado bus, so I didn’t have time to pry further. When that happens, a call goes out to the “goalie whisperer,” InGoal Magazine’s Kevin Woodley. He did see some obvious differences.

“The change is very noticeable,” Woodley wrote via text. “Basically, he used to be inconsistent with how he went into his posts, sometimes with blade of skate on post, sometimes with shin of pad on post and less often with bottom edge of pad (toe box) on post. Now it’s consistently toe box, he does it consistently and more often (used to stay up on his skates more) and his entry into and exit off the posts are noticeably cleaner…He is cleaner and crisper in movement, bit more spot to spot, with proper rotation, and less flow than last year. Leaves him square more, set earlier, not caught moving as much, beating plays on his skates. Also seems to be a little more upright, slightly narrower stance, not getting hunched over and spread out.”

Still half a season to go, but Bernier is a big comeback story so far.