Hockey Player Magazine

Category: Defense

  • Jacques Laperriere: Secretary of Defense

    Jacques Laperriere: Secretary of Defense

    Jacques Laperriere: Secretary of defense By James Baxter Nov 6, 2001, 20:12   ©BBS David Wilkie, one of the top blueline prospects for the Montreal Canadiens, watched anxiously and looked for hints as the rest of the team’s defense corps went through its paces. Sidelined early in training camp by ligament damage to his right…

  • Coaching Defense, with Tim Army

    Coaching Defense, with Tim Army

    Coaching defense, with Tim Army By Bob Cunningham Nov 6, 2001, 07:34 ©BBS At the NHL level, most players enter the league possessing the basic fundamentals of their respective positions. In the case of defensemen, they’re generally aggressive, conservative by nature, and knowledgeable of what to do with the puck as different situations present themselves.…

  • Backwards Skating Tips

    In order to play defense in hockey, you’ve got to be able to confidently skate backwards. Switching from forward skating to backwards and back again is crucial. Stance: Knees and ankles REALLY bent Skates shoulder-width apart Back straight and eyes lo…

  • Backwards Skating Tips

    In order to play defense in hockey, you’ve got to be able to confidently skate backwards. Switching from forward skating to backwards and back again is crucial. Stance: Knees and ankles REALLY bent Skates shoulder-width apart Back straight and eyes lo…

  • Backwards Skating Tips

    In order to play defense in hockey, you’ve got to be able to confidently skate backwards. Switching from forward skating to backwards and back again is crucial. Stance: Knees and ankles REALLY bent Skates shoulder-width apart Back straight and eyes lo…

  • On D with Charlie Huddy

    On D with Charlie Huddy

    On D with Charlie Huddy By Bob Cunningham Nov 5, 2000, 06:57   ©BBS It’s one thing to be a decent NHL defenseman for a few seasons; quite another to be one for life. But that’s what it seems like as far as Charlie Huddy is concerned. A veteran of five NHL Stanley Cup championship…

  • 1-1 Sprints (Half Rink)

    Drill: 1. On whistle, Defense starts skating backward and Offense carries the puck in the zone 2. Offense tries to beat the D down the wall 3. Defense tries to cut off O and steal the puck Focus: 1. Defense needs to realize when to make move and push …

  • 1 on 1 Sprints

    Drill: 1. Line up 1 D at the blue line 2. Line up 1 F at the top of the circle 3. On the whistle, D breaks backwards, F skates forward with the puck trying to beat the D Focus: 1. Forwards concentrate on beating the D 2. Defense works on quick backwar…

  • 2 on 1 – Pass to D (Half rink)

    Drill: 1. On the whistle D1 at the Blue line skates backward toward mid rink and looks for a pass from Forward 1 2. Forward 1 skates with a puck above the circle and passes out to D1 and then continues outside the blue line looking for a return pass 3….

  • Defensive Strategies: Part 2

    Defensive strategies: Part 2 By Wayne Anderson Oct 30, 2001, 11:14   Hockey is a game of motion, and where the puck or ball goes determines what a player must do on the floor. Once the opposition crosses the red line, a system of defensive zone coverage must take effect. The same concepts of containment,…