Nagano to Tokyo

Japanese Olympian and NHL goalie coach Dusty Imoo discusses the '98 Games in Nagano, their imprint on Japanese hockey development and much more.

Olympic goaltender Dusty Imoo during his last professional season in Japan.

At the height of the pandemic, some of the world’s best netminders—from Bernie Parent and Mike Richter to Grant Fuhr and Nikolai Khabibulin—shared with me the worst goals they ever let in, and the lessons learned from failure.

I saw quarantine as an opportunity to remind the worl…