FOCUS: 2 on 1 with Breakout. (1/2 ICE)

OTHER USES: Pre-game warmup.

INTRODUCTION:

This is a good 1/2 ice drill that moves quickly. It incorporates a breakout pass from the defense, wings criss-crossing with quick short passes, and finish with a 2 on 1.

NOTE: If used as pre game warmup emphasize to the defensemen not to breakup the play but to just take the middle away. The other goalie does not have to stand there and watch the drill. A player can be warming him up at the side boards by the players' bench.

SETUP:

1) Pucks behind net or with the defensemen.

2) Two lines of forwards at each sideboard even with the faceoff dots.

3) Two groups of defensemen in each corner.

METHOD:

D1 skates from the corner and picks up a puck from behind the net and passes to the first forward in line at the sideboard. One forward from opposite line and the puckcarrier skate into the neutral zone, crisscross, and perform quick short passes. The defenseman who initiated the original pass touches up at the blueline and takes on the two forwards 2 on 1.