Rence Sykut has always known that goalies are fragile little flowers and must be coddled at all times to maintain their tenuous mental frame of mind. Therefore, Rence does not even talk to the goalies on game days, practice days, or off days to insure that nothing he says can rattle around in their crazy minds while they are watching the play for the majority of the game. During warm ups he is sure to make sure to make it look like he is trying hard to score on his goalie, but always deliberately hits them square in the pads before skating by and telling them that he thought he almost had them beat on that one. After games, he only approaches them to give them an approving nod in victory or defeat to let them know that it is never their fault and the skaters must play better in front of them regardless of the result. 

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