Reply To: Diamond Penalty Kill Forecheck

[Craig Campagnolio]

Paul

The way I look at the diamond penalty kill is as either an aggressive in zone penalty kill to attempt to score where I would send my top guy as a receiver in football (american) to receive a home run pass from any of the other three defenders (if I'm down a goal). Or set up against an umbrella power play in the defensive zone to off set the shooters on the outside.

Your forecheck can take on whatever you want, aggressive (if you need a goal), 1-1-2, etc. Once your back in your defensive zone your setup again is what you are looking for out of it.

This is the way I use the diamond penalty kill