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Half Horse Shoe Chip
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Neutral Zone Drills, Passing Drills, Warm Up Drills

There are lots of good hocky drills that start with the four lines at the blue lines.  They are nice because you can go from one drill to the next without much down time in between drills.  Here is another good hockey drill that uses the four lines. Two players from the diagonal corners will go at the same time.  The first player will carry the puck across the ice as though they are skating around the neutral zone face off dot.  The second player in line will skate straight ahead and open up to receive a pass from the other line's first player.

Neutral Zone Transition with High Roll
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Neutral Zone Drills, Passing Drills, Warm Up Drills

This ice hockey drill focuses on supporting the puck in the neutral zone, creating a good passing angle, and an offensive zone play.  If you have enough players it can be run on both sides of the ice.  Pucks should be set up in opposite corners and at center ice.  The defense line up at opposite blue lines along the boards and the forwards form two lines at center ice facing opposite directions.  On the whistle the defense skate up to the bottom of the center ice circle and transition backwards to receive a pass from the forward.

Transition Chip 2 on 0
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Neutral Zone Drills, Warm Up Drills

This hockey drill works on a soft dump using a chip off the boards.  Players should be in four lines as shown in the diagram.  The two lines with pucks should be just below the hash marks.  The first player in line with the pucks (P2)start the drill by handling the puck up to the blue line and making a pass to the line in front of them (P1).  When P1 receives the puck they skate to towards the middle of the ice to create some separation off the boards and a better passing angle to F2.  F2 needs to transition to the outside while always facing the puck.

Outside Loop Passing
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Passing Drills, Warm Up Drills

This hockey drill is a great way to start practice, the players get a lot of touches on the puck and you can emphasize skating aspects as well.  One way to start the drill is by having the coach make the first pass.  Once the first pass is made the players skate down the ice making as many passes as possible.  Once the players reach the far blue line they curl to the outside along the boards.  The player that has the puck makes a power turn and skates hard back to the far blue line.

Finland Warm Up Skate 2 on 0
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Passing Drills, Skating Drills, Warm Up Drills

This hockey drill  is a variation to the previous drill, Findland Warm Up 1 on 0.  This time both players start at the same time side stepping along the goal line until they get to the boards.  At the boards the players skate forwards out to the top of the circles and transition backwards around the bottom of the circle.  One of the players will receive a pass from the coach and then both players continue down the ice 2 on 0.

East Coast 2 on 0
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Neutral Zone Drills, Passing Drills, Warm Up Drills

This is a good flow drill that requires timing. Set up four lines on each blue line with pucks as shown in the diagram.  On the whistle P1 skates along the boards to the opposite blue line and receives a pass from P4.  P1 receives the pass and then turns up ice to make a pass to P2.  P2 needs to wait until P1 passes their line and then starts.  This will make sure that P2 does not get too far ahead of the play and in a bad position for the pass. It will be the tendency for younger players to make that mistake.

3 Level 2 on 0
2 on 0, Goalie Drills, Half Ice Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Shooting Drills

A simple half ice shooting drill that works well for a half ice warm up. This is a variation of the 3 Level 1 on 0 drill. Divide the players into the two corners with pucks.  This time the first two players from both corners go at the same time.  The player with the puck goes around the corner and passes to the other player who is also skating around the cone and going to the net.  The puck carrier may shoot every once in a while to keep the goalies honest if the goalies start to play the pass too much.

Heads Up Breakout Drill
2 on 0, Breakout Drills, Forward Drills, Ice Hockey Drills

Three players are used in this drill, a defense, a center, and a wing.  The players start the drill in their defensive zone positions. On the whistle, the coach or assistant wraps the puck around the boards.  The winger has to get in position to catch the puck and read what the defense is doing.

Defense Transition into 2-0
2 on 0, Defense Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Transition Drills

This drill emphasizes the position of the defense as they regroup. The defensemen without the puck needs to be in a support position slightly behind their partner. and a little less than half the ice width apart. This way their partner can give them a pass without having to make the dangerous pass all the way across the ice. The defensemen who receives the pass needs to explode up the ice to draw defenders to them and then make the pass to the forwards.

2 on 0 Neutral Zone Swing
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Transition Drills

This drill is designed to work on some transition in the neutral zone.  Defense should focus on good passes.  Poor passes will cause this drill to break down quickly.  Forwards form two lines just inside the face off dots in the neutral zone.  The drill starts with a pass to D1. D1 receives the pass while skating backwards and makes a pass to D2.  D2 needs to receive the pass and transition forwards before making a pass to one of the swinging forwards.

2 - 0 Drive
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Overspeed, Passing Drills

This drill needs to be done at a high tempo.  Both players start at the smae time and skate around the cones.  The coach chooses which  player to pass to.  The player that receives the puck gains the blue line and looks to fire a pass to the other player who is driving to the net.  The player that does not receive the pass has to stay onside and skates as hard as they can to the near post.  Make sure they keep their stick on the ice and expect the pass from the player wi

Swap Drill
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Passing Drills

Start this drill with a line on the face off dot and one against the boards.  The two players pass the puck until they reach the blue line.  At the blue line the inside player gives the puck to the outside player and breaks to the inside expecting a pass from the outside player from the opposite corner.  Once they receive the pass they bring the puck into the zone wide and allow the other player to get into good scoring position in the slot.  Timing is key to this drill.

Chip & Receive
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Passing Drills

This drill helps players work on a neutral zone play that actually happens quite a bit in a game.  The winger gets pressured by the defense at the blue line and is forced to dump the puck in.  If the winger can learn to use some touch and chip the puck into the zone when the center has speed coming through the neutral zone, it can create some scoring chances.  Players in this drill need to pay attention as the second player in line is giving the pass to the player swinging through cent

2 on 0 Flow
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Passing Drills, Transition Drills

This is an ice hockey drill that focuses on several areas for both forwards and defense.  Forwards need to work on their timing, passing, and driving to the net.  Defensive players need to focus on passing, puck handling (in the neutral zone), and shooting (low and on net).  The first two forwards in the line start without a puck.  The third forward in line passes to the defense as they get near the red line.  The defense controls the puck and skates backwards.  The defe

Neutral Zone Offense Swing
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Neutral Zone Drills, Transition Drills

This is the first drill in a series of drills designed to work on creating some offense out of a neutral zone transition. The drill starts with the coach at center ice and two defense several feet off the red line.  On the whistle, the coach plays a puck softly to the blue line along the boards. The defense come up to the red line and pivot backwards.

Neutral Zone Offense Chip
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Neutral Zone Drills, Transition Drills

This is the first drill in a series of drills designed to work on creating some offense out of a neutral zone transition. The drill starts with the coach at center ice and two defense several feet off the red line.  On the whistle, the coach plays a puck softly to the blue line along the boards. The defense come up to the red line and pivot backwards.

Neutral Zone Offense Double Chip
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Neutral Zone Drills, Transition Drills

This is the first drill in a series of drills designed to work on creating some offense out of a neutral zone transition. The drill starts with the coach at center ice and two defense several feet off the red line.  On the whistle, the coach plays a puck softly to the blue line along the boards. The defense come up to the red line and pivot backwards.

Moose Simple Timing Drill #1
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Transition Drills

One of the hard things to explain to youth hockey players is the importance of timing.  In the neutral zone timing is everything but most forwards are in such a rush,they don't give themselves the best opportunity to receive a pass from their own defense.  In this drill, the focus of F1 is to time their break across center ice so that they are in a good position to receive a pass from D1 at full speed.  The drill starts by D1 skating forwards to about 10 feet of the boards and then tur

2 on 0 Flow
2 on 0, Ice Hockey Drills, Transition Drills

This is a 2 on 0 drill that focuses on passing,catching the pass in stride, moving your feet, and driving to the net.  In this diagram the Blue players start by making a pass to the Green player directly in front of them.  Both Blue players then swing through the neutral zone just in front of the Green players (moving their feet the whole time).  The Green player who receives the first pass, makes a pass to the other Green player, who then makes a cross ice pass to the Blue player at a

Offensive Zone Quick 2 on 0
2 on 0, Half Ice Drills, Ice Hockey Drills, Offensive Zone

This is a quick drill where forwards need to focus on moving their feet and burying the puck.  Split the players up evenly into the two corners.  The coach should place tires or cones out near the top of the circles as shown and gather the pucks just outside the blue line.  On the whistle, the first two forwards skate as hard as they can out around the tires.  One of the forwards picks up the puck set out by the coach.

2 vs 0 Down low
2 on 0, Goalie Drills, Ice Hockey Drills

This ice hockey drill is great for forwards and goalies. The forward in the corner starts with the puck and skates inside the goal line. He has three options: 1. Keep the puck and try to stuff it, 2. Keep the puck and when pass back across the slot to the forward who is timing his break to receive the pass in a position to one-time the puck, 3. Fake the wrap around and pass the puck back to the forward before getting to the other side of the net.

2 on 0 Quick Re-Group
2 on 0, Passing Drills, Warm Up Drills

This drill is a fast moving warm up drill that get each player a lot of touches and goalies a lot of shots.  Ptwo lines in the corner, one at the face off dot and one along the boards.  If you have two goalies and enough players you can run it out of both corners at the same time.  A coach or player should also be stationed just inside the far blue line.  The first two players pass the puck down the ice until towards the coach and pass them the puck just after the

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