Hockey Player Magazine

Tag: Goaltender

  • ACHA Select Team Practice Part II

    The other day I posted a few drills the select team used in the warm-up phase of their practice. Here are a few of the drills they used during the skill assessment portion of the practice over the three days. As I said in the earlier post, the coaches also ran a number of 3×3…

  • Cornell University Goalie Drills

    These drills work on some of the fundamental puck handling skills a goaltender needs to be able to master. It is extremely important to have a goaltender that can handle the puck, especially at the older age groups. These drills can be used while working with the defensemen so that both the goaltender and defensemen…

  • DIII Head Coach Jack Arena of Amherst College Offers 4 Small Area Half Ice Drills

    Coach Arena has been the head coach at Amherst University for over 30 years. In 2008-09 he won Coach of the Year honors for NESCAC and New England hockey writers ECAC East. In 2011-12 he won National Coach of the Year honors from the AHCA. I contacted Coach Arena and asked him if he would…