If Lady Gaga played hockey: goalie, rated 86

Lady Gaga as a hockey player: scouting report

Lady Gaga would play goal, the one position where a single performer can decide a game in front of a full arena. She sang the national anthem at Super Bowl 50 and headlined the halftime show at Super Bowl LI a year later, so she knows exactly how it feels to have a stadium watching only her. Goaltending is the best mark on her card, and her skating is right behind it, so she plays an athletic, aggressive style that challenges shooters at the top of the crease.

Under the spectacle is a trained musician. She grew up in New York City playing piano from early childhood and studied at the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU, and that discipline sits beneath every big moment. A goalie's technique works the same way: hours of repetition so that the dramatic save happens on instinct. She shared an Academy Award for Shallow from A Star Is Born, proof that she delivers when the attention is greatest. Her passing is strong for a netminder, so she will move the puck quickly to her defensemen, and her defense mark means she reads the play in front of her well.

Physical play is the weakest part of her game. She will not win a shoving match with a power forward planted on her doorstep, so her defensemen must keep the crease clear. If your net is filled, center is her next best spot, where her skating and passing carry over, and right wing is a fallback. Her fans call themselves Little Monsters, and her teammates will feel that same loyalty the first time she steals a game. Draft her as a starting goalie with real flair, and expect the highlight saves to arrive on the biggest nights.

Plays like A theatrical, fearless goalie who thrives on the big stage

Put Lady Gaga in your lineup

8 rolls, a starting six and a bench, 82 games. Can you go 82-0? Free, no account.