Skating and puck protection drill Players leaves with a puck performing mohawks around the middle circle They keep protecting their puck upon zone entry with a hip opening movement. Below the faceoff tight turn to gain time and space before a quick shot on net. Key points: - Protect your puck - Create time and space - Quick release upon tight turn

Skating shooting drill puck exchange and transition skating - Player 1 backs up and receives a pass from player 2 . - 1 receives the pass then open pivots forwards. - After the initial pass 2 will go inside the zone before opening up again and receiving a second pass from . - 2 opens up as well and gives a 3rd pass to 1 circling and opening up in the NZ. - 1 goes in with speed does a power slide and quickly crossover and shoot. After the pass 2 will keep going and become 1 Key points: - Gain speed - Create time and space - Maintain momentum - Attack quickly with a quick shot

Stickhandling drill - Receive a pass on your back hand - Upon reception flip the puck over the obstacle and maintain control - Quickly stickhandle through a line of pucks. - Gain speed for the zone entry with tight turn and crossover - Power slide in front of obstacle, maintain momentum for a quick shot. Key points: - Keep your head up - Quick stickhandling - Maintain momentum - Quick shot on net

Individual tactic In the defensive pinning and containing are important elements. Here we practice pinning. - Puck starts on boards and 2 players are about 15 feet away. - Offensive player nudges defensive player and goes to get the puck. - Defensive players steers towards the boards to maintain pressure - Stabilizes the hips and can lock bottom elbow of the offensive player. - Use the knee to prevent a spin and an escape. Key points: - Steer the player - Control the hips - With free hand lock bottom elbow of offensive player - Maintain in place

Individual defensive tactic angling drill - On the whistle Defensive player and Offensive player activate - D player backs up doing one touch passes with his line and opens up at the top circle - F player reaches defensive blue line and stops on faceoff dot - D player passes to F before reaching - F player is activated to attack Key points - Cut the ice in half to steer offensive player into the boards - Have a good stick position on the ice - Keep feet moving - Cut the hands

In this Pro training video we show the importance of Small Area Games (SAG). SAGs are a key component of hockey player development as they incorporate individual skills and tactics as well as a collective aspect. They are a great and fun way to incorporate what you have been working on during a practice or a skill session. By modifying rules you can use the same game to work on different aspects. Here we had worked on breakouts and forecheck. We wanted our players to come low to support on the transition and the defensive team to quickly force the play. You implement rules where you want a stretch pass to favour an even quicker transition. _________________________________________________________________________ Dans cette vidéo de formation professionnelle, nous démontrons l'importance des jeux en espace restreint. Les jeux en espace restreint sont un élément clé du développement des joueurs de hockey, car ils intègrent des habiletés et tactiques individuelles ainsi qu'un aspect collectif. Ils sont un moyen formidable et amusant d'intégrer ce sur quoi vous avez travaillé lors d'une pratique ou d'une séance de développement des habiletés techniques. En modifiant les règles, vous pouvez utiliser le même jeu pour travailler sur différents aspects. Ici, nous avions travaillé sur les sorties de zones et l'échec avant. Nous voulions avoir un support bas sur la transition et avoir l'équipe en défensive à mettre beaucoup de pression rapidement. Il serait possible de modifier les règles en demandant une longue passe pour favoriser une transition encore plus rapide.