DENVER — About an hour before the Washington Capitals were to face the Colorado Avalanche on April 1, Braden Holtby stood a few feet from a Pepsi Center cement wall and continually fired a small, blue rubber ball against it with his right hand.
Every single time he did this, about 50 times or so upon one observation, the ricocheting ball landed safely into Holtby's left hand. Then the process started over in rapid fashion.
Just off to Holtby's right, Capitals goalie coach Mitch Korn observed his latest protege before sitting down for a while with a reporter—something he doesn't do very often.
Korn's day otherwise is scheduled pretty much down to the last nanosecond, and at the top of the agenda for most everything he does is the never-ending quest of finding ways to stop pucks better.
"Little time for hobbies," Korn later texted when asked about some of his interests outside of hockey.
Korn's abiding passion is getting Holtby to the promised land of June to play for a Stanley Cup. All of the other short-term goals he had for Holtby have already been accomplished, ...
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Article written by Adrian Dater