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March 15, 2004 --
Here's a few things to consider.
Defensive Zone:
• Defensemen know your assignment. If puck is in right corner only one defensemen chases puck the other defensemen goes to mid-slot and picks up biggest threat. Do not stand right on top of our goalie.
• Center in our zone you are the 3rd defensemen. In the simplest schemes play man-to-man on their forwards. Pick up the odd guy.
• Wingers you are to guard the point by being between their man and our goalie. Do not come below the hash marks of the face-off circle.
• Breakout play – defensemen are responsible for making the 1st play. If a pass is not available or there is room skate with the puck do so. Forwards once one of our teammates has obtained control of the puck break up ice. Keep moving, head for open ice. Look for passes off the boards. Criss-cross forwards in attempt to get open. Keep looking back for pass. Heads up looking for teammate breaking on opposite wing.
Neutral Zone:
• Think of a buffer zone. When the opponent is rushing puck forwards need to stop or slow the attack. Don’t let them pick up speed with an odd man rush into our zone.
• Defensemen puck handling and control is paramount here. This is where mistakes can really cost you. If there is no play either dump puck into their zone or more preferably pass back to your defensive partner. Puck control is a key component of a successful team. Playing ping-pong with the puck is unproductive.
Offensive Zone:
• Cycle, cycle, & cycle until it hurts some more. Should have a 3 man fore-check one low, one mid and one high in their zone. Depth and width of attack. Don’t bunch.
• Look to play puck back to open points.
• If shot looks immediate people should be crashing net for rebound.
• Low man look to screen their goalie on shots from perimeter.
In general:
• Know your strengths and weakness. If you’re not the fastest guy be more cognizant of your positioning making it easier to stay in the play.
• Call out teammates name when open for a pass don’t tap stick on ice. It’s easier to tell where someone is position wise when their tapping their stick and opponents can attempt to sucker you into a turn over that way. Calling the name out grabs attention better.
• No blind passes. Head-up and look.
• Try to get passes off faster. There is a certain innate latency between recognizing a passing opportunity and actually making the pass. Try to minimize it.
• Line changes – okay here is gist of these tricky boys. You MUST be watching who you are replacing not necessarily watching the game. It is your responsibility to be ready to replace your assigned man. Talk on the bench repeatedly letting everyone know what line is up next.
• Shift length – think short and hard budget for one minute. Obviously there will be times you can’t change but look to tag up when you can.
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