Reply To: Diary of a Season 2023-2024

[Tom Molloy]

Fire Black Practice Plan – 01-09-23

Time: 17:15-18:30-19:45 Arena: ECTAS
Lines: 11 F, 6 D, 2 G Notes:
B6 – 3 Shots, 3 Zig-zags, 3 Shots
B600 – Czech Quick Pass
PP One 1-3-1
Low Dice 2-1-2 pp
1-3 pk vs 1-3-1
PK vs Low Dice PP 4-5
C2 – Rexi 1-1, 2-2 – Pro
Full ice 3-3 – play man on man defense to prepare for 3-3 in OT.
Team cheer

Parent meeting 16:30 – I don't want to comment.
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Fire Black Practice Plan 01-11-23

Time: 15:00-17:30 Arena: Max Bell
Lines: 12 F, 8 D, 2 G
Striding – led by Myla
Individual with puck – Russian Warm up exercises
Skating and Puck Handling Warm up
B202 – 4 x 2 Chaos Overspeed
B6 – Timing Around Circles – Dizzy
4 square passing one end with Cassie
F Rim Touch Back 2-1 – Pro
B600 – Continuous 3-2 Regroup – Tomas – U18 F
DT100 Continuous 3-2 to 5-5 – Review Dzone coverage before starting.
E1 – 1-1 Puck Carrier Either Way
Cheer
Meet with Ryann, Neve and mother.
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* Game vs Red Deer. Girls worked really hard but we turned the puck over too many times when they pressured. They send two on the puck and one the other side to pressure any D to D. The ways to beat it are for the D to beat the first checker and pass up, a quick share with the low and slow C. Pass to the W who taps to C or jack hammers to the D who follows the pass.
We got 30 shots and had a wide open net when their goalie pushed the net off and did that three more times when we had pressure.
Most of their chances were because we made bad passes or passes bounced off our stick to them. Players were in the right place as far as team play goes. The first goal we allowed them to walk off the wall and get a shot. We were there, we just didn't pick up or man. 13-14 year old girls make mistakes.
We are playing all of the top teams in the league now and have decided to manage the bench more.
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Played Rockies the second best team in the 12 team league. We were going to wait until end of January to manage the bench a lot more with the priority to Win then Develop. Up to now our priorities have been Development and Winning. We changed our lineup to 4 lines, 2 scoring and 2 checking. Instead of 11 F and 6 D we went with 12 F and 5 D. We also used our top offensive players on the pp. All 4 lines rolled when it was even strength.
I met with the D and C's before the game to go over low D zone coverage and the C being low and slow on the breakout. Jim met with the W''s.
We have two elite D. One is high risk, high reward and the other low risk, high reward. They each played about 25'. The other 3 D do a good job. This made a huge difference. Second period we changed our breakout to fly the zone if D had control and toe caps up ice. Our wingers have been much too static and easy to pinch. This change drove them off the blue line and opened up our offense. We outshot them 20-11 in the second and scored three. It is how we will play going forward. We are good enough to beat every team in the league.
Played a really good game winning 5-3 and scored 3 goals on 4 power plays.

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