philippe eko eel is uniquely built to steady our goalies' mental toughness. one thing about goalies is that they have plenty of pressure on them at all times and need to be mentally tough in order to still perform at their best. it's tough to mimic the pressure of a real game situation in a practice environment since no matter how hard you try it's just not gonna be the same. so the atlanta inferno work on simulating distraction in other ways - it's not exactly the same, but it at least practices their focus. philippe eko eel is an eel you see which means he has a body type that is extremely eel-esque. during practice, he shimmeys into the goalies gear and wraps his eel body around one of their arms or legs while they're getting peppered with shots from the rest of the team. the feeling of having a slimy eel slime his way down your arm into your armpit is a distracting one, so this trains the goalie to focus on the puck above all else.