Hockey Player Magazine

Category: Drills

  • 1 on 1 Corner Dump

    Drill: 1. Line up 1 player against a Coach 2. Player dumps puck to corner and chases 3. Pick up puck and skate around the cone and drive the net 4. Coach should simply help drive the player outside to help them understand how to get position 5. Run fr…

  • 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…

  • 4 on 2 Forecheck

    Drill: 1. Line up 4 players at the blue line 2. Line up 2 coaches near the goal line 3. Have one of the Forwards dump the puck into the corner and each forward covers a Coach 4. Coaches work to get the puck out of the zone 5. Forecheckers work to get t…

  • Windmills

    Drill: 1. Line players up in opposite corners 2. Place a coach at each wall on the blue lines (4 coaches) 3. Players start by making a pass to the opposite side of the blue and the skate the middle 4. Player receives return pass and passes to the next …

  • Goalie – 3 Shot Drill

    Drill: 1. Player skates down from wing and shoots 2. Player on opposite side gives the goalie a chance to recover then skates in and shoots 3. Coach lets the goalie recover then tries to stuff a puck in the net Focus: 1. Players should focus on skatin…

  • 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….

  • Behind the Net Breakout

    Drill: 1. Players work together as a team to bring the puck out of the zone 2. 1 Defensemen gets the puck behind the net to start the play 3. The other Defenseman has to hold his ground in front of the net 4. The 2 Forward will come down along the boar…

  • Behind the Net Breakout

    Drill: 1. Players work together as a team to bring the puck out of the zone 2. 1 Defensemen gets the puck behind the net to start the play 3. The other Defenseman has to hold his ground in front of the net 4. The 2 Forward will come down along the boar…

  • 2 Man Long Outlet Pass

    Drill: 1. On whistle Forward closest to the wall skate out toward the blue line and then across the rink 2. Player with the puck starts skating toward the blue line and looks for the Forward skating along the far blue line and makes pass 3. Player the…

  • 3-0 Drop and Crash

    Drill: 1. Forward 1 carries puck into the zone, Forward 2 drives the net, Defenseman 1 is trailing the play 2. Forward 1 drops the puck to D1 and Forward 1 continues toward the net 3. D1 has 2 options:     – Shoot on net with a low shot…