SKILLS
PURPOSE
Retrieving pucks and moving quickly and efficiently into and inside drive breakout 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 2v1 and on the retrieve.
HOW TO
- D starts at bottom of the circle and two lines 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, one forward goes down the board and sets up for the breakout, while the second forward loops low for the inside drive.
- The D makes the breakout pass. Board-side forward (F1) makes the inside drive pass to the looping forward (F2).
- F1 & F 2 head out of zone and regroup while D gaps up and plays the 2v1.
