Reply To: low dzone play

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The most honest comment that I can make right now is this: In my area I am blessed in having a good reputation and equally fortunate in having a decent Wins/Losses record. When I come on this site it feels much like being back in elementary school, where I would just listen to the teacher in amazement and wonder how they knew so much.
There are so many good ideas here and so much information to absorb that one realizes that the art of 'Coaching' is truly a life-long process. Having F-2 come down the weak side is something that never occurred to me. I always had F2 making the read…and like many others was always prone to a good D to D against us. Now that I have given it a few minutes of thought and noodled around with it the concept makes all the sense in the world….if F3~D1 are timely in their coverage. I am adding this concept to this years Playbook and offer sincere thanks. My only question, Tom, is what do you recommend when the other team makes a clean breakout and both F1 and F2 are already behind the puck. It appears that they need to come back pretty hard. I would think that F3, D1 and D2 need to take away the mid ice pronto.