Practice Notes

Drills

Protect The Puck Warm-Up (Individual & Team)
10- 12 mins
Run out of both ends
Corner Puck Protection
10-12 mins
1
Point to Half Wall 2 vs 1
10-12 mins
2
Double Gates Activation Game
10-12 mins
Run this out of both ends
3 x 1 v 1's to 3 v 3
10-12 mins
Full Ice
Continuous In Zone 3 vs. 3 Game
10-12 mins
Exposing vs. Protecting the Puck

This practice focuses on developing the technical and tactical puck protection skills and spatial awareness.

Key Coaching Points

Puck protection is a skill that should be utilized to create more time and space to make a play

The 3 key fundamentals of puck protection:

  1. Be aware and recognize where pressure is coming from
  2. Use your body position to shield the puck from pressure
  3. Keep your head up to see your teammates and the opposition to make a play after protecting the puck

Setup Notes

- Run the Corner Puck Protection & Point to Half Wall 2v1 simultaneously - one in each end

- Run the Double Gates Activation Game out of both ends

Supporting Video

Ryan O'Reilly Puck Protection Example

Practice Diagram

Half Ice

Drills

https://vimeo.com/614117844
Length of Time: 
10- 12 mins
Station Number: 
Run out of both ends
https://vimeo.com/450140910/b247cbc5d7

Run this out of both corners in one end.  Stagger the start out of each corner

Length of Time: 
10-12 mins
Station Number: 
1
https://vimeo.com/357960189/344b5f0e36

Run this out of both sides of the zone. 

Length of Time: 
10-12 mins
Station Number: 
2
https://vimeo.com/591330706/3e2c4d4f34

Option to run this as a 2 v 2 with a 3rd offensive player activating

Length of Time: 
10-12 mins
Station Number: 
Run this out of both ends
https://vimeo.com/611718466

Variation 1: You can also run this as a 4 v 4 or 5 v 5 depending on size of the team
 

Variation 2: can run this 3 v 3 half ice with nets set up cross ice or by using a gate for the defensive side to skate through when retrieving the puck

Length of Time: 
10-12 mins
Station Number: 
Full Ice
https://vimeo.com/480827408/28694bf66c
Length of Time: 
10-12 mins
https://vimeo.com/292198928/a66642e04c

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