Reply To: Daily Drill Part Five

[Tom Molloy]

Pops you are correct that it is a passive forecheck. On the wider rink it is easier to make the stretch pass because the seams are bigger. They were attempting to plug up the neutral zone and force dump in's or turnovers. With the way teams like Detroit outnumber the attacking team 4-2 in the cornerafter dump ins, it can be an effective style. We didn't use that low overload but maybe they have incorporated it now. It falls into their philosophy of pressure all over the ice.

I am leaving in about 3 hours for Jasper. We are in a campsite with no internet. There is a cyber cafe near the rink where I check my emails. Sounds like I am doing the one or two sessions a day with one larger group, One session a day with a group of about ten bantam-midget aged players and then a classroom and an ice session with the coaches each day; plus a 30 min. private session with two of the players from the older group who are going away to play AAA hockey.

I wish my son could have come to help but he has a 3 week job at the Flames hockey school that is run by the Okanagan Hockey School and it also starts on Monday.

'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
'Enjoy the Game'