Puck Stack Races

By: Ice Hockey Systems

Puck Stack Races are a fun way to work on skating, coordination and concentration.  

Setup

• Set up even teams - it can be as many teams as you want (at least 3 players per team)
• Players line up on the goal line with a puck in their hand (no stick)
• On the whistle the first player from each team skates and set their puck on the blue line and skates back to the goal line to tag the next player in line
• Once the next player is tagged they need to skate and stack their puck on top of the first puck
• Players keep going in order and have to stack the pucks on top of each other 
• The tower of pucks can't fall or it needs to be re-stacked
• The tower of pucks must be on the actual blue line
• The first team to stack all of their pucks and skate across the goal line wins

Coaching Points

• Encourage players to cheer their teammates on
• Encourage players to work on bust in their strides
• Players need to stay focused to keep the tower intact

Variations

• Players can skate backwards one or both ways
• You can setup an obstacle they have to skate through to get to the blue line to further work on edges