OPTION 2 - Defending Defensemen

As a defenseman, the most important thing you can do to help the goalie out is allow the goalie to see the puck. This means clearing people out from in front of the crease, removing any screens being setup. In doing so, you also remove the chance of deflected shots, and rebounds. Stomping out any rebound chances is huge, because your goalie and can make an amazing save, but a poor rebound doesn't mean much if it leads to a goal. Helping out the goalie in those situations are huge. Possibly one of the bigger things to help the goalie out is closing the gap and forcing bad angle shots. Pushing players outside, or just skating right towards them and forcing them to pass or take a shot. Blocked shots can be huge for a team, but at the same time they could with risk as it can easily cause injury. If all else fails, you two hand the person in front of your goalie in the ankles then head to the lockerroom early for a beer as your team kills off your major penalty.