He was taking too many penalties in youth hockey, so his mom made him switch to goalie

He was taking too many penalties in youth hockey, so his mom made him switch to goalie

ORONO, Maine — Watching your son or daughter trying to stop frozen pucks as a hockey goalie can be both nerve-wracking and worrisome. But that isn’t the case for University of Maine freshman goalie Mathis Rousseau. In fact, his mother, Julie, suggested that he became a goalie when he was playing youth hockey. “I was taking too many penalties as a defenseman. She said it was better for me to get shots on me rather than bumping kids around or slas…