How to Run a Hockey Offense: Breaking the Trap
- 1). Set the defense in a star pattern inside the neutral zone - with a center at point to shove your onslaughts toward the boards.
- 2). Begin the offense from a typical zone formation: three forwards on the blue line and two defensemen behind.
- 3). Move the puck carrier - the left wing - forward toward the defensive center.
- 4). Have your center follow the left wing.
- 5). Skate the left wing past the center and toward the boards on the left side, ready to engage the defensive right wing.
- 6). Instruct the center to follow a few strides behind, helping to draw the defensive center from the middle.
- 7). Watch for the defense to shift to attack the puck carrier; when it does, the left wing makes a quick pass straight back to his left defenseman.
- 8). Send the left defender immediately to the right wing, who has already begun breaking forward.
- 9). Check the defense: if it has been lured off the boards on the right side enough, the wing may be able to shoot through toward open ice.
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