SKILLS
PURPOSE
Retrieving pucks and moving quickly and efficiently into breakouts while using the net as protection.
FOCUS
- Retrieving pucks from a space with time and efficiency.
- Identifying options quickly
- Moving the puck tape to tape.
- Gap control both on a 1v1 and on the retrieve.
HOW TO
- D starts at bottom of the circle and a line of forwards at the top of the zone. Coach with pucks outside the zone as well.
- D skates forward to “gap up”. As they transition, coach dumps a puck into the zone.
- D transitions and gathers the puck. They skate behind the net, identify outlets, and quick reverse back to the same direction they came from.
- As they retrieve, a forward goes down the board and sets up for the breakout.
- The D makes the breakout pass.
- Forward and D head out of zone, with the forward regrouping back into a 1v1.
