Breakout to 1-on-1
D skates it out and hits the F on the wall, then pivots and skates backward. 1-on-1 the length of the ice.
- Full ice
- Breakout
- Passing
- Defence
- Shooting
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Diagram
Coaching points
- F: back to the boards on the wall, stick on the ice, catch it and go.
- D: hard, flat pass to the forehand, then a quick pivot to backward.
- D: keep your gap. Stay between the F and the net, stick on the ice.
- F: use your speed, attack the D's outside, and shoot to score.
- Both: go back to your lines after the shot, then switch D and F.
How it runs
- Setup: a D line with pucks in one corner and a forward line in the other corner of the same end. A goalie in each net.
- The D skates the puck out of the corner while the F skates to the half-wall.
- The D passes to the F on the wall, then pivots to skate backward.
- The F carries up the wall while the D backs up through the middle.
- 1-on-1 through the neutral zone: the D keeps a good gap.
- The F tries to beat the D and shoots on the far goalie. Both go back to their lines.
Downloads
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