Reply To: Diary of a Season 2011-12

[Tom Molloy]

We started with a 3-2 win and a 3-2 loss. In the second game the ref called a penalty every time someone from either team competed hard for the puck so 50 minutes were specialty teams. It was 0-0 after two. We outshot them 20-7 in the third but they got 3. He called a goalie interference call on us with 2 min. to go and they scored.

Last night we had a specialty team practice with the team we played on Sunday. It was really beneficial for both teams.

Format.
10 min. warm up
12 min. – 4-5
12 min. – 5-4
12 min. – 3-5
12 min. – 5-3
12 min. – 5-5

The clock was reset and started after each segment and we had 3 min. to meet with the team to go over the systems for each situation. The goals were put up on the score clock to add competition. It was our ice time and they will reciprocate. We will do the same thing with the other Calgary team at the end of the month. I am hoping we can do this once a month with each team and it will help with the players understanding and give each team two more practices each month.

If you can find another team to do this with it really helps. I find that the team gets too tired practicing it alone. Especially minor hockey teams who don't have 12 F and 8 D.

On their pp's they use an umbrella that focuses on one timers by the week side high player or else that player comes in back door. We used an overload on the 5-4 and a spread on the 5-3. Both teams produced lots of scoring chances and it ended up 4-4.

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