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Sharks and Minnows

Minnows with pucks try to cross the zone. Sharks knock pucks away. Lose your puck and you become a shark.

Small-area game
Stickhandling

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Diagram

Zone diagram of Sharks and Minnows. Four minnows with pucks start on the blue line. Two sharks wait in the middle. The minnows carry across toward the goal line. One shark knocks a minnow's puck away, and that minnow skates into the middle to become a shark.

Coaching points

Head up: see the sharks before they reach you.
Protect the puck: body between the shark and the puck.
Change speed and direction to get past.
Sharks: stick on the ice, take away space.
Keep it fair: stick on puck, no slashing.

How it runs

Minnows with pucks line up on the blue line. Start with 2 sharks in the middle.
Go! Minnows try to cross to the goal line.
Sharks knock pucks away. If you lose your puck, you become a shark.
Cross back. Keep going until one minnow is left.

Downloads

Open the Excalidraw file in Excalidraw to change the diagram.

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