Player's Profile
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- Name: Chet Pickard
- Position: G
- Catches: Left
- Height: 6-2
- Weight: 210 lbs
- Birthdate: 1989-11-29
- Eligible for Draft: 2008
- Drafted: 2008
- Hometown: Winnipeg, Manitoba
- Acquired: 1st round (18th overall), 2008 by NAS
- Playing In: Pro
Chet Pickard
Prospect Grade: 8.0 C (About Prospect Grades)
Profile Contributed By: HF Staff
History
2007-08: Pickard began the year with the thankless responsibility of following Carey Price as the Tri-City Americans starting goaltender. He embraced the opportunity, posting a 46-12-2 record in 64 games for the WHL regular season champions. Pickard was rewarded for his consistent play this season, recognized as the Top Goaltender in the CHL, and WHL goaltender of the year.
2008-09: Pickard had another excellent year, named the WHL goaltender of the year for the second time.
HF's July 2009 Q&A with Pickard.
Chet's younger brother Calvin is also a goaltender, and is ranked in the Top 30 for the 2010 draft.
Talent Analysis
Pickard's greatest asset is his mental game, staying very at ease in the net. He plays a butterfly style and uses his size effectively. Pickard covers the net with efficiency and has become proficient in corralling the many pucks that inevitably come into contact with his upper body. He plays his angles well, likes to play the puck.
"Pickard is a much more relaxed, patient, 'stand-upish' goalie, and waits for the puck more than other guys," described Mitch Korn, goaltending coach for the Nashville Predators.
Pickard needs "to elevate the urgency and quickness,” Korn said. “He's got the quickness, but he's got to get out of that comfort zone, the junior speed and crank it a couple of notches."
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Profile Last Updated: November, 2nd 2009
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