Hockey Play Library

Reverse behind the net, D-to-D pass and the centre supports up the wall.

Teaches: Getting out of your own zone with possession, not a dump.

Carry wide, drop to the trailer and drive the far post for the backdoor.

Teaches: Entering with speed and width instead of dumping every time.

Work the puck below the goal line, cycle up the wall and feed the slot.

Teaches: Wearing a defence down and finding the quiet ice in the slot.

1-3-1 umbrella: move the box with the puck and set up the one-timer.

Teaches: Making the penalty kill move twice before you shoot.

Win it back to the point, D shoots low and the net front tips.

Teaches: Turning a clean draw into a shot within two seconds.

Defence springs the far winger with one long pass through the neutral zone.

Teaches: Punishing a pinching defence with one pass.

Four players to one side, quick puck movement and a backdoor tap-in.

Teaches: Overloading one side until the backdoor opens.

Turn back to the defence, swing the puck and attack the line again with speed.

Teaches: Never entering the zone at a standstill.

Point shot through a screen with two players hunting the rebound.

Teaches: Scoring the ugly goals every playoff team needs.

Puck carrier drives wide, the far winger stays on the back post for the pass.

Teaches: Making the defender choose, then choosing the other option.

Low zone collapse: defence owns the net front, wingers take the points.

Teaches: Protecting the middle of the ice before anything else.

Tight box that rotates with the puck and never lets the seam pass through.

Teaches: Killing a penalty by taking away the middle, not the puck.

One forechecker steers the puck to the wall, two pinch it off at the red line.

Teaches: Making the other team dump it in every time.

Heavy forecheck: F1 takes the body, F2 takes the puck, F3 reads the wall.

Teaches: Winning pucks back in the offensive zone.

Lose the draw safely: winger on the point, defence boxes out the net front.

Teaches: Assignments on a draw you might not win.

Defence gaps up at the line while the forwards backcheck through the middle.

Teaches: Killing an odd-man rush with the third forward.

Diamond shape takes away the middle one-timer against a 1-3-1 power play.

Teaches: Matching the kill shape to the power play you face.

Force play to the outside and take the lane with the body, not the stick.

Teaches: Blocking shots safely and getting out of the zone after.

Sticks in the lane and bodies on the backdoor player so the seam pass never arrives.

Teaches: Stick position beats stick checks.

Defence retrieves with a shoulder check, uses the net and moves it before contact.

Teaches: Buying half a second with your head, not your feet.