Pioneer 2 V 2 Rush

By: Brock University

The Pioneer 2 V 2 Rush from TJ Manastersky, the Head Coach of Brock University, practices attacking and defending the rush. It starts as a 1 V 1, and finishes as a 2 V 2. 

Setup

• On the 1st whistle, blue passes to red.
• Red must get outside the blue line before attacking the zone 1v1.
• Blue must get angle skating forwards. Play it out until a whistle.
• On the second whistle, 2 things happen:
  • the blue player in the other zone passes to the red player. The red player must get outside the blue line before they can attack. 
  • the players in the first 1 v 1 stop and skate down to the other end of the ice to join their teammates to make it a 2 v 2. 
• It becomes a continuous 2v2.

Coaching Points

• Communicate on defense, "get sticky" on backcheck