Scoring chances off the cycle

Last Updated: September 29, 2008 3:40 PM  

Kristina Rutherford Practice Planner

Basic cycle in the offensive zone

Purpose: Teaches players to use the cycle to create a 2-on-1 situation from the offensive corner.

• Two lines of players at centre ice
• X1 takes a long shot at G
• G controls the puck and shoots it in either corner
• The strong-side player (X1 in the diagram) goes after the puck in the corner, turns up ice and backhands the puck off the boards
• While X1 is skating in, X2 is circling behind the net, trailing behind X1 to pick up the pass
• After making the pass X1 drives to the net
• X2 makes the tape to tape pass and X1 takes a shot on net (can be a one-timer)
• This drill can be run from both ends at the same time
• A variation on the drill is adding a third line of players to pressure the strong side player and force the bank pass.

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