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  • Wisconsin Head Coach Mike Eaves – Mass Confusion Drill

    Drill runs from both ends at the same time. Working on moving the puck through the middle of the ice. Make sure the players keep their head up while skating for the stretch pass. Timing is very important on this drill. Mass Confusion         .

  • Wisconsin Coach Mike Eaves – 4 Nations Drill

    Here’s a drill from D1 head coach Mike Eaves of the Wisconsin Badgers. Nice drill to work on zone entry and getting to the net hard. It incorporates timing passes and full ice skating. I also want to thank Kevin and the guys at www.HockeyShare.com for the animation software, so I could create the video…

  • Drills from Miami of Ohio Coach Rico Blasi

    Here are some drills from head coach Rico Blasi that he runs with his D1 Miami of Ohio team. Obviously at this level these drills are done at a very high tempo. Some of the drills we have on the site already in a similar style, but I thought it would be good to group…

  • Head Coach Derek Schooley Brings us This Simple but Effective Passing Drill

    Yesterday I received this simple but very effective passing drill from Derek Schooley ( @DerekSchooley Twitter handle ) head coach at Robert Morris University. Coach Schooley was the very first D I coach to offer to help with this site when I first started it three years ago so it was really great to get…

  • Post-Up Half Ice Passing Drill

    Every week when I look at the site statistics I see that the half ice drill section is always at or near the top for views. I know many organizations are going to more shared ice practices to save on cost and get players on the ice more often. This new dynamic is causing coaches…

  • Horacek Underneath Drill

    I picked this drill up watching former NHL player Tony Horacek running a practice with his team last week. I ran it with my team last night and really liked it. The drill takes a minute for everyone to understand their role but once it gets going it really has the players working to make…

  • Team Canada Passing Drills

    Here are a couple of simple but effective passing drills supplied by the coaches of Team Canada. When working on passing drills make sure your players stay focused on the fundamentals of a good pass. Head-up Stick on the Ice to receive Tape to Tape Good Pace on the Pass Don’t get lazy and make…

  • Cornell One Touch Warm-Up

    Here is a simple warm-up drill from Cornell university that works on one-touch passing and moving the puck up the wall for a shot on goal. This drill helps develop better passing skills and also helps to warm-up the goaltenders. Make sure to tell the players where to shoot from.I prefer to keep the shots…

  • Combination Drill From Former NHL Player Tony Horacek

    Former NHL player Tony Horacek coaches in our organization and I went out to watch his practice the other night. While watching a really up tempo session I saw his team run this drill and thought it was really excellent and worked on a number of areas of the game. I spoke with Tony about…

  • 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…