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This drill is a good drill the works on skating, puck control, passing, and ends with a 2 on 0.  Set up the players in four lines along the boards at the blue line. Two coaches have pucks on each side at center ice.  On the Whistle P1 and P2 skate along the blue line and criss cross. P2 pivots and opens up to receive a pass across the ice from the coach.  P2 receives the pass and skates around the tire throught the slot and gives a drop pass to P1.  P2 continues to drive to the post for a pass from P1 or a rebound.

The goal of this drill is to emphasize the importance of the winger on the boards attacking the seam.  This situation occurs often when running an overload or umbrella power play.  The forward passes the puck to the defense at the blue line.  The defense needs to become a threat by working their way as far to the middle of the ice as possible.  The forward works their way up the boards just above the face off circle to provide an outlet for the defense.  The defense has two o

This conditioning drill can be run out of both ends so players are not standing around too much. It seems to work best with a 1:3 work to rest ratio so 3 players in each line is ideal.  A nice variation of this drill is to set one puck on the near blue line, one on the center red line, and one at the far blue line. 

This ice hockey drill is great for defensemen to work on their shots, passing, and pivoting. Each player will get three shots. To start, the defensemen receives a puck from the corner and gains the center of the ice as quickly as possible and shoots from the top of the slot. The player continues around the cones always facing the net. This forces them to pivot and receive the next pass going backwards. When they receive the next pass the player repeats as in the first rep.

This drill incorporates lots several skills for defensmen and allows the goalie to get involved as well. The player pivots from backward to forward to retrieve the puck that was dumped into the corner by the second player in line. When coming around the net the defensmen needs to stay inside the face off dot and make a pass to the defensmen at the point who walks to the center and shoots hard and on the ice.

This ice hockey drill is also a great Warm-Up drill. Again the key is to get players feet moving while receiving and releasing a shot as quick as possible. An interesting variety to this drill is to give the player bad passes on purpose to make them adjust and get off a shot.

This ice hockey drill works on some important fundamentals for forwards.  The first objective is to catch a pass in stride and attack the blue line with speed.  In this drill the coach can pass to either player so the players need to react to where the coach passes the puck.  The player that receives the pass attacks the blue line and does an escape move just inside the blue line.  The other player drives hard to the far post with their stick on the ice expecting a pass.  The

This drill focuses on turning and puck control. It is fairly simple, the players weave in and out of the cones and depending on what variation you run, they catch a pass at different places.  Players should focus on maintaining control of the puck and keeping their body between the cone and the puck.  Players should also keep their feet moving as much as possible especially as they move in for the shot.

The Tip-In Timing drill is a good drill for forwards, defense, and goalies.  It is also a great half-ice drill.  The drill starts when the F1 in the corner passes to the D2 at the point.  F1 then skates out around the cone / face-off dot and goes to the net with their stick on the ice.  D1  receives the first pass passes the puck to D2.  This player then shoots hard, low, and at F1's stick.  The goal is to try and time the shot so the forward can tip the puck on the

This is a variation of the first Wildcat One-Timer Drill.  It is a little bit more advanced as it requires a couple more quick passes and the defense to handle the puck going backwards.  The drill starts when F2 passes to D1. D1 skates forward with the puck around the cone and give a return pass to F2. F2 gives another pass back to D1 as D1 is skating backwards towards the blue line.

Another variation of the Wildcat One-Time drill which is good drill for days in which you work on power play. F2 starts by making a pass to D1. D1 walks the puck to the middle of the ice and give a return pass to F2 who is now slightly above the hash marks.  F2 then makes a one-time pass to F1 who has timd their move into the slot area to recive the pass just outside the hash marks.  F1 one-times the pass and follows their shot to the net.