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November 10, 2011 at 9:04 pm #4775

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Trap play causes standstill in Tampa

Sportsnet Staff | November 10, 2011

A bizarre strategy from the Philadelphia Flyers drew the attention of the hockey world during their 2-1 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday.

Early in the first period, the Lightning lined up in a 1-3-1 defence. To counteract this, Flyers defenceman Braydon Coburn and Kimmo Timonen held the puck in their own zone to avoid the Lightning's trap.

The Lightning chose not to attack the Flyers and the play came to a standstill.

After 30 seconds of the Flyers holding the puck in their defensive zone, the refs blew the play dead. The Flyers used the same strategy later on, and the play was again blown dead.

It is unclear if the league will get involved after this strange sequence of events.

http://www .sportsnet. ca/hockey/2011/11/10/bizarre_trap_play/?source=video

Dean, Thanks for posting this video. I had a buddy ask me if I had watched the highlights of this. I was going to check it out tonight.

On a similar note ,I went and watched a few different games last night at different rinks. Thae last practice I worked on a tandem forechecking transition drill with accountability between forwards and D. ( pressure). I go and watch the game and the team is doing a semi aggressive ( at times ) 1-2-2 forecheck. They did an ok job , but the problem I found was as the game went on they seem to play more passive. When the other team picked their game up , we struggled and had a hard time getting our feet moving.
I think it is ok for this forecheck some times with a combination and certain situations when the other team has full control and are breaking out (ie- line change , dump in , no close support on forecheck). But young players can fall into a passive trap and not even realize what's happening.

I n Minor hockey young players will make mistakes under pressure , why would we make it easier for the opponent ?
Coaches always talk about keeping your feet moving , but then we slow their feet down with passive systems.