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Maple Leafs Using Swivel Vision Goggles Tech to Help Goaltenders, Murray Prepare for Season

Before the Toronto Maple Leafs took the ice for practice on Sunday, goaltenders Matt Murray and Ilya Samsonov worked with newly-installed goaltending coach Curtis Sanford on some drills.

But there was a new wrinkle added as the goaltenders were sporting some new eyewear.

There are no lenses on them. Just rubberized blinders intended to block your peripheral vision.

“It’s just a tracking aid that forces you to use the middle of your eyes and the strongest part of your eyes,” Murray explained. “It just gets you in the rhythm of moving your head and tracking the puck.”

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