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Tom MolloyFire Black Practices 10-31-24 – 11-05-24 – 11-02-24
Fire Black Practice Plan Date: 10-31-24 – Arena: Max Bell
Halloween Tournament
Lines: 3 teams of 6 Players
B2 – Transition Skate Shooting – College F
B4-B6 – Continuous Pass and Shoot Pro W
D100 – Three Team 6 Game 3-3 Tournament
E1 Change on the Go with Pass Shootout
Everyone dressed up in costumes. Girls teams – Refs – Chipmunks – Minnions Played each other 2 x 10' games and finished with a shootout.
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11-02-24 8:45: – Great Plains
B6 – 3 Pass-3-Shots-Agility Skate x 2 – 3 Shots
B6 – 2-0 x 2 Cross Pass x 2 – Finland U20
T2 – 5-0 BO – Wide Wing Slash – Stretch
T2 – 5-0 BO – W Box Out Chip – Wide W Slash –Stretch – Pro
DT100 Continuous 2-2 With Tag-up – Pro
D202 – Two Thirds Ice Game with Jokers Behind Nets
Before practice the parents and coaches met to create a Mission Statement with Wally and Craig from GHC.
Wally Kozak ran the Mission Statement exercise with the parents. I think it is an important thing to do to get everyone on the same page.
One hour practice after with Emily, Cassie and me. Jim is in New York for a week. Everyone in our league pinches on the strong side so we worked on breakout options that stretch the zone and force their D off the blue line or they give up breakaways.
We added indirect passing to the 2-0 drill so players know bouncing it off the boards either behind or sometimes in front of the receiver is a good option to avoid giveaways. The 2/3 ice game with a regroup to a player behind either net demands good puck protection and passing skills, players to get open and passer to get the puck to them. We play Sunday and then next Friday, Saturday, Sunday in Lethbridge, practice Tuesday, Thursday and do fitness Wed, so lots of hockey this week.
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Game vs Airdrie
We did a lot of things well on offense and scored 6 goals and a lot of things poorly getting 4 GA. Our goal going into every game is 2 or less GA and 3 or more GF.
Our passing wasn't as good with 84 completed passes compared to our last two games of about 110 and best game of 133. A little too much 1 on 5 hockey instead of moving the puck to someone in better position.
We outshot them 44-25 which is consistent with our last two games of 30-18 in a 6-0 win and 43-27 in our OT loss last weekend.
Eye contact is critical between passer and receiver. Example was Flames first shift vs. Oilers last night. They made two blind backhand passes at the start of the game and the puck was in their net after 20". So every level of hockey has the same principles.
We need to get better at our individual defensive skills to be a great defensive team. Fly byes are when you swing to the puck carrier and swoosh your stick at the puck and keep skating. Now everyone has to adjust because you lost your 1-1 and they now have a one player advantage. We did this a lot in the game.
We did a lot of good things on offense, especially hitting the net with our shots and putting in some hot rebounds.
We will work on these things at practice. This weekend we play three good teams and need our A game to be successful. We have shown that when we play hard with good habits we con compete with every team.
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Fire Black Practice 11-05-24
Date: 11-05-24 Time: 18:00-19:15 Arena: Village Square
Lines: 10 F – 2 G – 7 D
Puck Handling around the body
B6 – Machine Gun – 2 Passes x 2 Timing and Shots
C6 – Rush Recognition x 2 – U18 F T2 –
B5 – F Take Rim-1-0, 2-0
B5 – D to D Hinges – U17
B2 – D to D Options x 4 – Point Shots – U17
B5 – Breakout Reps – Czech U20
T2 – B5 – Triangle – F1 Pass Behind F2 – F3 – Shoot
DT400 Game of Quick Transition
D100 – Power Play Game
Team cheer in middle circle
Attachments
'The Game is the Greatest Coach'
'Enjoy the Game'