Since he first picked up a stick almost two decades ago now, Sam Holt has either been saving or scoring goals.
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For pretty much all of his career, when he isn't kitted out in his goalkeeping armory, he is terrorising opposition goalkeepers up front.
First pulling on the pads as a junior playing with Tudor Wests, who he still plays for, Holt has over the years alternated between playing in goals and in the field.
Generally when he is in the field it is up front, the 28-year old joking that he isn't fit enough to be an inside forward and not patient enough to be at the back.
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"I played keeper during junior hockey for a fair few years and then I wanted a change so I played in the field," he said.
"Then we (Tudors) were a bit short, we didn't have a keeper in first grade, so I thought I'd put the pads back on for a bit."
This year Tony Mumford was interested in keeping for the first grade side so Holt was "more than happy" to have the chance to play out in the field again.
He has been making the most of the opportunity.
In the opening game of the season, he slotted a hat-trick.
Again on Saturday Holt was among the goalscorers for Tudors as they defeated Workies 5-2.
It was an important win as they fight it out with Kiwis for second spot and the remaining place in the grand final (Souths have one spot sewn up). With Kiwis' 4-nil loss to Souths in the other game, it took Tudors within two points of them with two rounds remaining.
An apprentice electrician by trade, after until a couple of years ago working in hospitality, Holt said while the skillset is obviously different playing striker as opposed to keeping, the thought process is the same.
"If you're a goalkeeper you're always looking to see what a striker's trying to do so that helps going back into the role, because you try and do the things that you didn't want them to do or were hoping they didn't do," he said.
