Yeah that's pretty much the idea. I usually played goalie since I sucked at skating. I was a decent goalie though. We didn't always have goalies though, depends who played. We had a couple guys that played goalie in league and would bring a crappy set of pads, blocker and glove. If we didn't have goalie equipment I would play defense and stay back by the net as a pseudo goalie. A few years ago a couple buddies and I went and played with the local high school kids who always played picked up hockey and they absolutely trounced us, even though my buddies used to be really good players.