Reply To: Tough Losses

[Tony]

Good thoughts.

Our team is half 02 birth year and half 01. All the teams we are playing are 90% 01. We are tiny and have problems getting pushed around in front of the net. We probably had the puck 5 to 1 in front of their net and still lost the game.

At practice last night, I actually talked about how to brace and position oneself in front of the net. I also had my older Pee Wee AA son who is a great garbage goal scorer , talk to them about how to be successful in front of the net.

We ran a lot of battle drills and I had them play 3 on 3 cross ice no pass to encourage moving feet being strong on the puck and positioning to support the puck.

I understand what you are saying about potentially making them tight but this is a very loose group. My D were still rushing the puck and pinching when we were up 4-2 in the 3rd. We were also completely taking it to the other team.