This is a great game to practice any team play situation. I learned it from Gene Reilly who has coached a lot of college, AHL and European pro hockey.
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T2-4, D4 – Reilly Team Play Rotation
Key Points:
Practice team play situations at each end. Even or odd man. Leave players in the neutral zone for pp and pk. Situations.
Description:
1. For spectialty teams start with 5-5 at each end with one defensive player in the neutral zone making it a 5-4. You can use any number 3-3 to 6-5.
2. Start green on pp vs. white on pk at one end. On a goal, frozen puck or shot down the ice the green get ready to pk and the white the pp.
3. The other end starts with the white on the offense first.
*The play rotates from end to end.
We used this rotation when working with university, college or pro teams because there are usually at least 8 D and 12 F. In Canada the minor hockey roster is 17 skaters so this only works with smaller numbers. Another option is to use the same game but when the puck is shot down the other group play 4-3 or else 5 offensive players practice the pp for one minute 5-2 and then shoot the puck down.
College men's team.
https://www.hockeycoachingabcs.com/videos/watch/t2-4-reilly-pp-pk-game-college-m4v/
T2-4 – Reilly PP-PK Game – College
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