Hi Pops,
Good point there and maybe that 2-1 or any other contact type of drill during pre-game should be minimized. The point in our 2-1 is to get the players doing forward/dman type of transition skating with almost play tempo at the end of the pre-game time. These are Peewees, so usually there is no time for this, or sometimes we just have them transition skating the circles. And we really should ask the players how they see this...
When I coached my son's teams we used the 5 min. warm up time like this.
1 min. everyone with a puck handling it all around the body.
1 min. Wingers shoot in a semi circle while D and C partner pass in the nzone cross ice.
1 min. Switch and D and C shoot.
90" 2 F dump the puck in one corner and D make Breakout pass, the F's turn at the red line and attack 2-1 vs. D. When they start the attack do the same thing in the other corner.
30" all line up along the boards and do a hard cross ice sprint across and back.
- all pick up the pucks and start the game.
'Enjoy the Game'