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Triangle Passing on the Move

Groups of 3 skate up the ice in a triangle: middle to wing, across to the far wing, back to the middle, shoot.

Half ice
Passing
Shooting

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Diagram

Half-ice diagram of Triangle Passing on the Move. Three lines start at centre ice: one middle, one on each wing. All three skate into the zone. The middle player passes to the bottom wing, the bottom wing passes across to the top wing, and the top wing passes to the middle player driving the net, who shoots on the goalie.

Coaching points

Keep the triangle: wings wide, middle trailing a little.
Pass ahead of your teammate's stick so they don't slow down.
Stick on the ice, ready for the pass.
Middle player: drive the net hard after your pass.
Call for the puck.

How it runs

Three lines at centre ice: middle (with pucks), left wing, right wing.
All three go. The middle passes to a wing.
That wing passes across to the far wing.
The far wing passes to the middle player driving the net.
The middle player shoots.
Switch lines and skate back to centre.

Downloads

Open the Excalidraw file in Excalidraw to change the diagram.

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