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Team: Washington Capitals

Drill Name: Ducks Agility

Drill Category: Shooting Drill

Description:

• D at diagonal bluelines, forwards at all four bluelines.
• Diagonal sides go at the same time.
• D1 belly out and get a pass from F1, pivot and quick up back to F1.
• D1 gaps up and moves lateral across the red line then receives a pass from F2.
• Pivot and quick up to F2 going in for a shot with D1 joining and then receiving a third puck for a low-to-high shot. – At halfway point of drill, D switch sides.

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Team: Vegas Golden Knights

Drill Name: 3 vs 2 Low Backcheck to 5

Drill Category: DZ Coverage Drills

Description:

Red vs Black:

• Drill starts with 3 vs 2 below top of circles
• On whistle 3 F’s with puck positioned above top of circles attack 2 D
• 3 original offensive F’s backcheck to DZC while original defending D skate up ice to join play

OPTIONAL

• After 5 vs 5 DZC have defenders get into NZ FC vs regroup

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Team: Nashville Predators

Drill Name: Possession Game

Drill Category:Small Area Drills & Games

Description:

Red vs Black:

•  Starts with coach dumping a 50/50 puck.
• The team that gains possession plays keep away 4 vs 3 half ice.
• If black gains initial possession the 4th red player must stay on the other side of the line.
• For red to go on offence they must gain possession and skate/carry puck across the half ice line before passing it to 4th red player to activate them.

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Team: Columbus Blue Jackets

Drill Name: Columbus Blue Jackets 1 Player

Drill Category: Shooting Drills

Description:

DRILL 1

• Coach rims – Low to High with X pulling it off the wall for a give and go with Coach for a shot.
• Puck 2 is rimmed from 1/2 wall Coach behind the net.
• X retrieves passes back to 1/2 wall Coach and gets to the slot backward facing the 1/2 wall Coach for a pass and shot.

DRILL 2

• ​​​​Puck 1 – Coach passes to 1/2 wall X climbing and getting to the inside for a shot.
• Puck 2 – Shot from Coach with a net-front tip.
• Puck 3 – Net X releases and skates around the circle. Receives a pass and gives it back to Coach and transitions to the goal line and receives it and pops off the goal line and takes it to the net.

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Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Drill Name: Neutral Zone Forecheck from D Zone Coverage

Drill Category:  NZ Counter / Transition Drills

Description:

1. Starts with an offensive zone cycle / quick attack.
2. On whistle, coach chips a puck to the far blue line.
3. Offensive team quick regroup / transition.
4. Defensive teamwork on Neutral Zone Forecheck [1-2-2, 1-1-3, 1-3-1].
5. Play in zone until coach blows the whistle.

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Team: Montreal Canadiens

Drill Name: Back Pressure to D Zone Habs

Drill Category: 1 on 1’s / 2 on 1’s / 3 on 2’s Drills

Description:

1. On whistle, Drill is 5 vs 5.
2. Full line attacks 2 def, where other line tracks and def join rush.
3. Blue attacks and red tracks.
4. Coach follows up with 2nd puck.

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Team: Florida Panthers

Drill Name: Goalie Drill 1

Drill Category: Goaltending Drill

Description:

1. F1 passes to F2 – F1 skates around cone and down the middle
2. F2 shot/Pass to F1
3. F1 high tip
4. F1 continues below goal-line picks up puck and cuts back towards net
5. F1 passes to F2
6. F2 shoot to score – play rebound

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Team: Arizona Coyotes

Drill Name: Gates

Drill Category: Small Area Games and Drills

Description:

• X vs O.
• Team score by making clean, crisp, undeflected, tape-to-tape passes to teammate through a “”gate”” set of cones.
• Players can score as many times as possible by simply passing back and forth.
• Any team can score between any gate.
• Support and pressure are keys to this game.
• Teammates must skate away from pressure and support each other to score 30-40 seconds or until goal.

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Team: Vancouver Canucks

Drill Name: Entries

Drill Category: Breakout Drills

Description:

Coach pass to D, D to D hit the middle, skate kick it out, drive the net, FWD’S run routes.

Options

1. Shot
2. Pass in behind player
3. Delay

Team: Anaheim Ducks

Drill Name: Open Up Drill

Drill Category: Warm-Up Drills

Description

• F1 – passes to D1 and provides token pressure on the play.
• F1 – opens up.
• D1 – pass to F1 who goes straight down the ice for a shot.
• F1 becomes F1 and the drill becomes continuous.

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Team: Vegas Golden Knights

Drill Name: 5-Man Breakout

Drill Category: Breakout Drills

Description

• Group of 5 in NZ. FWD line starts on center red line and tags up on blue line
• D start on blue line and tag up on red line
• The Coach spots puck in corner and calls breakout option
• Group of 5 breakout and attack 2 Defence who have gapped in NZ and absorb rush

Drill Progression

• Breakout options & routes
• Add 2nd puck for deep NZ regroup and 2nd 3 vs 2 attack

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Team: Pittsburgh Penguins

Drill Name: DZC 3 vs 2 High Low

Drill Category: DZ Coverage Drills

Description

• The drill starts with the 3 F’s on offense playing against D1 & D2 down low
• On the whistle, F line attacks D3 & D4 with the F line tracking back into D-Zone Coverage & D1 & D2 joining the rush
• The drill continues into a 5 vs 5 scrimmage at the opposite end

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Team: Nashville Predators

Drill Name: 5 v 4 Forecheck

Drill Category: FC Drills

Description

• 5 red players & 4 black players are moving in neutral zone
• On coach whistle/dumped puck. 4 black players must try to skate puck out of the zone vs the 5 red forecheckers who are executing proper forecheck routes/sort outs vs black breakout
• Let it play out for 20-30 seconds or until black skates puck out
• Black then forechecks, red defends

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Team: Dallas Stars

Drill Name: Halifax Tracker

Drill Category: FC Drills

Description

• 1st whistle F1 hitch up wall/drive net for shot/ stop at net. D walks the line with a puck and takes a shot on net.
• 2nd Whistle: F2 attacks up ice. D surfs up, F1 back checks.
• D1 and F1 read the rush trying to kill the play in NZ with pressure to the puck dot to boards and inside dot line support.
• Drill ends when D1/F1 recover puck and skate puck into NZ–> Both ends go at the same time.

Surfs Up: “Going forwards toward a player then transitioning backwards”

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Team:New York Rangers

Drill Name: 2 vs 1 – Carolina

Drill Category: 1 on 1’s / 2 on 1’s / 3 on 2 Drills

Description

• F1/F2 on whistle with a puck touch top of circles and attack 2 vs 1 on D.
• After play passes the far blue line, the other side goes.

Results:

• F shoots and hits the net = No one skates.
• F miss net = Fs skate to the far blue line.
• Score = D skates to center.

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Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Drill Name:NZ 2 vs 2

Drill Category: Small Area Games

Description

• 2 vs 2 or 3 vs 3 in the Neutral Zone.
• Coach will pass the puck to activate the play.

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Team: LA Kings

Drill Name: D Transition: 4th Man Go!! 5 vs 2

Drill Category: 1 on 1’s / 2 on 1’s / 3 on 2 Drills

Description

• D in zone gap up to hash marks on whistle and retrieve puck spotted by the coach.
• Fs will work off wall back into zone for break out from D. – Defending D will gap up off wall and take on rush. Attack 5 vs 2 up ice.
  • Middle lane drive.
  • 4th INRUSH
  • RELAY PLAYS
• Whistle – Defending D gap to hash marks to break out play going opposite direction with 3 new Fs and 2 new defending D.
• Offensive players are out on whistle.

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Team: Vancouver Cancuks

Drill Name: 3 Man

Drill Category: Shooting Drill

Description

• Both sides leave at the same time
• X1 skates with the puck down ice and shoots, skate behind the net and receive a pass from the coach
• X2 follows and delays timing so can get a pass in middle from X1
• X3 also is timing his route across and check-up at the far blue line, X2 carry the puck up the middle of ice and bumps out to X3
• X2 continues through with middle drive
• X3 has three options, shoot, or pass to X2 or X1

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Team: Vegas Golden Knights

Drill Name:1 vs 1 Sharpie

Drill Category: 1 on 1’s / 2 on 1’s / 3 on 2 Drills

Description:

• D starts facing up ice at bottom of the center circle
• On whistle, skate backward around pylon then forward to retrieve puck from coach then drop in NZ to F1
• D defends F2 from other end by defending skating forward

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Team: Philadelphia Flyers

Drill Name: 4 Corner D Sequence

Drill Category: Warm Up Drill

Description:

• F1 pass to weak side D2 and open up at the red line. Go straight down for a shot on goal
• F2 pass to board side D1 and swing to the middle , D to D pass to middle
• F3 pass to the board side D2 and tag up to the red line, receive cross ice pass for WSD

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Team: Minnesota Wild

Drill Name:4 Corner Rush – Middle Lane Drive

Drill Category: Shooting Drills

Description:

• X1 starts with puck and makes a pass across ice to X2
• X2 steps off boards and chips to X1, they exchange passes through neutral zone and X1 ends up with puck
• Once they pass the blue line, X1 cuts across ice, taking the middle line and shoots hard on net
• X2drives post for rebound
• Both sides go at same time

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Team: Florida Panthers

Drill Name: High – Low Shooting

Drill Category: Shooting Drills

Description:

• All 4 players leave on the whistle
• F1’s skates hard with puck around the low cones
• F2’s skates hard with puck around the high cones
• Alternate sides 

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Team: LA Kings

Drill Name:Defensive Transition – 4th Man Go!! 5 vs 2

Drill Category: 1 on 1/ 2 on 1/ 3 on 2 Drills

Description:

• D in zone gap up to hash marks on whistle and retrieve puck spotted by the Coach.
• F’s will work off wall back into zone for break out from D.
• Defending D will gap up off wall and take on rush. Attack 5 vs 2 up ice.
  • Middle lane drive.
  • 4th INRUSH
  • RELAY PLAYS
• Whistle – Defending D gap to hash marks to break out play going opposite direction with 3 new F’s and 2 new defending D.
• Offensive players are out on whistle.

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Team: Calgary Flames

Drill Name: Bumper Game

Drill Category: Small Area Drills & Games

Description:

• In half of the offensive zone, set up a 5 vs 2.
• The 5 offensive players must maintain control of the puck vs 2 defenders.
• When the defenders win the puck they pass it to their team on the other half. Then 5 vs 2 starts on that side.
• Clean sheet in a specified time = 1 point.

Both sides run at same time.

• X1 skates and makes pass to X2.
• X1 follows pass, goes around dot facing back to the line and is now X2.
• X2 receives pass and passes to X3 who goes in for the shot.
• X2 follows pass, goes around dot facing back to previous dot and is now X3.

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Team: New Jersey Devils

Drill Name: Continuous Quick Up

Drill Category: Shooting Drills

Description:

• Both sides run at same time.
• X1 skates and makes pass to X2.
• X1 follows pass, goes around dot facing back to the line and is now X2.
• X2 receives pass and passes to X3 who goes in for the shot.
• X2 follows pass, goes around dot facing back to previous dot and is now X3.

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Team: Vancouver Canucks

Drill Name: 3 vs 2 Errka

Drill Category: 1 on 1’s/ 2 on 1’s/ 3 on 2 Drills

Description:

• Three F‘s go down 3 vs 2 on D.
• F1 fills in low, F2 & F3 to top of circles.
• On whistle, F1, F2 & F3 take puck to go 3 vs 2 on two new D with new F1, F2 & F3 backchecking.
• Continuous 3 vs 2.

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Team: Buffalo Sabres

Drill Name: Rico 2 vs 2

Drill Category: 1 on 1’s/ 2 on 1’s/ 3 on 2 Drills

Description:

To start drill, 2v2 to the net front at the far end.

On first whistle:

• F3 pass to D3.
• D to D and a shot on net.
• F1 & 2, pressure out. F3 & 4 go to the net.
• D1 & 2 box out the forwards or front shot

On second whistle:

• F3 & 4 retrieve a new puck and go 2v2 against D3 & 4.

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Team: Anaheim Ducks

Drill Name: Mo’s 2 vs 1

Drill Category: 1 on 1’s/ 2 on 1’s/ 3 on 2 Drills

Description:

• Drill goes both ways – 2 vs 1.
• F2 receives pass from D1.
• F2 picks up F1 and both forwards attack the D who made the breakout pass.
• Can send F3 as a tracker.

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Team: Chicago Blackhawks

Drill Name: Hitchcock 1 vs 2

Drill Category: 1 on 1’s/ 2 on 1’s/ 3 on 2 Drills

Description:

• F1 leaves and swings wide to the opposite end’s blue line. F2 leaves their end with timing, D1 steps out and can pass to either side. D2 is waiting in neutral zone and takes 2 vs 1 down.
• After D1 makes their pass, they follow up play and take a new 2 vs 1 back to their end.
• NO BUMPBACK TO D – Forwards receive the puck and turn up ice, attack as quickly as possible.

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Team: Edmonton Oilers

Drill Name: Change the Angle

Drill Category: Shooting Drills

Description:

Place other net on the dot. Coach will pass to F1 for three different shots. Alternate sides.

1. Change angle above the dot.
2. Change angle below the dot.
3. Pull/push across middle, shot on opposite side of cone.

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Team: New York Rangers

Drill Name: 3 Dot Shooting

Drill Category: Shooting Drills

Description:

• On whistle, 3 X‘s & 3 O‘s leave from opposite corners.
• 1st player goes around near blue neutral zone dot.
• 2nd player goes around center dot.
• 3rd player goes around far blue dot.
• Alternate sides on the whistle.

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Team: Boston Bruins

Drill Name: Low 1 vs 1

Drill Category: 1 on 1’s / 2 on 1’s / 3 on 2 Drills

Description:

• Drill starts with 1 D and 1 F net-front
• 2 Coaches or 2 players behind net, 4-6 feet width outside each post
• The two Coaches remain stationary as they pass the puck back and forth
• At their discretion, they will try to pass the puck to the F battling for position in the slot
• D defends passes with focus on body positioning, facing the puck and good stick position

Note: Keep play below the faceoff dots

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Team: Colorado Avalanche

Drill Name: Low Down, Down Low 2 vs 2

Drill Category: Small Area Drills & Games

Description:

• Coach places puck in corner.
• O is on offence and X defends a 2 vs 2 battle.
• There is option to add an additional offensive/defensive players. Drill can run 1 vs 1, 2 vs 1, 1 vs 2 or 2 vs 2.

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Team: Arizona Coyotes

Drill Name: 6 Shot Recovery

Drill Category: Goaltending Drills

Description:

• G steps out to F1 for a longside, low shot
• Butterfly recovery, across to F2 , 2nd shot
• G, return to F1, 3rd shot longside
• Butterfly recovery, across to F2 , 4th shot
• G, return to F1, 5th shot longside
• Recovery to F2 , 6th shot

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Team: Vancouver Canucks

Drill Name: Syracuse B/O’s

Drill Category: Breakout Drills

Description:

• Drill begins with a Coach dump, D’s go backward dink wall/dink net.
• D pass it to Forwards and go down for a shot.
• 2nd puck, Low to High D Shot.
• 3rd puck Delay, Low to High, pass to high Forward shot.

DINK Definition: Bumping it either up wall or net.

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Team: Tampa Bay Lightning

Drill Name: TB BC 2 on 0

Drill Category: Shooting Drills

Description:

• Players line up on all 4 blue lines.
• X skates towards middle of ice and receives a pass from O and bumps it back.
• O can pass it to either X or X.
• Both X‘s attacks 2 vs 0.
• X line is now the passer.

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Team: Seattle Kraken

Drill Name: 1 on 1 Racehorse

Drill Category: 1 on 1’s / 2 on 1’s / 3 on 2 Drills

Description:

• One forward on each side of the center circle touching the red line.
• On the whistle, forwards go halfway around the center circle to pick up the puck on the red line for 1-on-1 vs D on the dot.
• When forward hits the red line with speed, D can begin moving.

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Team: San Jose Sharks

Drill Name: Sharks Chip

Drill Category: Shooting Drills

Description:

Part 1
1. D1 picks up a spotted puck at top of the circle and passes to F1 at the far blue.
2. Coach gives pressure to F1 who chips to F2 who has worked across ice.
3. F1/F2 tandem entry and shot.
4. D1 follows to blue line for shot.

Part 2
1. D1 passes to F2 working across middle, who chips to F1 posted at blue line.

Shot Progression:
F: 1. Shot off wall 2. Cut to middle money line shot
D: 1. Low-High pound. 2. Climb and slide

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Team: Montreal Canadiens

Drill Name: Overspeed Shooting

Drill Category: Shooting Drills

Description:

• F1–F2 gather speed around forward group, coach spots puck either side to speed forward and F1 must execute a pass with F2 one timing the puck or with a catch & release shot.
• F1 needs to stop at the net for a rebound and develop a good habit of stopping at the net.

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Team: San Jose Sharks

Drill Name: Mads 3 vs 3

Drill Category: Small Area Game

Description:

• Set one net in the standard position in the crease and a second net between the circles, facing the blue line.
• Play 3 vs 3 in the zone with a coach along each wall (always on offence).
• Players must pass to one of the coaches on change of possession before attempting to score. Coaches can move laterally along the wall and must pass back to the team that passes to them.
• Teams can score on either net.

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Team: Arizona Coyotes

Drill Name: Gretzky – Behind the Goal Line – 10 Players

Drill Category: Small Area Game

Description:

• Drill Set Up – Pucks in the slot at the top of the circles.
• One player stays below the goal line the entire time.
• After each change of possession the attacking team must make a pass to the player below the goal line.
• The player below the goal line will change after every goal scored.
• 5 players in 5 players out, players switch every minute.

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Team: Nashville Predators

Drill Name: 3 vs 2 Low Into 5 vs 5

Drill Category: Dzone Coverage Drills

Description:

• Coach spots a puck behind the net. Red Fs play Black D 3v2
• Black Fs and Red D stay above the tops of the circles.
• Coach continues to spot pucks until whistle.
• On whistle Black Fs take off against Red D 3v2 and Red Fs on Offence transition to Defence. Play it out 5v5 in OZ, 2nd coach can spot pucks in OZ as needed.

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Team: Edmonton Oilers

Drill Name: Arrive in Dzone

Drill Category: Dzone Coverage Drills

Description:

• 5 pucks
• F3 stays below the goal line and looks to feed F1 and F2 for a shot (2 vs 1 net front).
• After the first puck or whistle from coach, F1 & 2 around dot cones, D around the middle cones.
• F3 moves below goal line looking for the forwards with second puck. This continues for pucks 3/4/5.
• *Progression – 2 vs 2 situations or the forwards around middle cone, D around the dot cone.

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Team: LA Kings

Drill Name: NZ Speed

Drill Category: Warm Up Drills

Description:

Opposite sides go together.

• X1 belly out, pass from X2 then X1 passes to O1 in the opposite line.
• O1 indirect pass to X2 in starting line then X2 bump back to X1 in the center of the ice.
• X1 gets puck back and passes across to O3.
• O3 passes back to X1, who drives the middle with speed for a shot on goal.
• Use tire to make shooter change the angle of shot.

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Team: Nashville Predators

Drill Name: 1 vs 1 Push the Pace

Drill Category: 1 vs 1/ 2vs 2 Drills

Description:

• Forwards in all 4 corners with pucks. D on walls at blue lines.

• 1 vs 1 out of opposite corners. Forwards work on pushing the pace. Defence work on surfing up and taking the gap early.

• D should allow forwards to handle the puck until puck gets into the OZ where they play out the 1 vs 1.

  Surfs Up: “Going forwards toward a player then transitioning backwards”

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Team: New York Rangers

Drill Name: New York – 3 vs 3 – Back 5 vs 5

Drill Category: 3 on 3’s / 5 on 5’s

Description:

• Drill starts with a 3 vs 3 down low.
• On whistle, O1/O2 attack 2 X’s with all players back-checking to create a 5 vs 5.