Protect and Escape #1

This drill is geared towards forwards in the offensive zone.  Forwards will work on protecting the puck from the defense while keeping their feet moving and maintaining puck control using sharp turns.  To set up the drill place a line of defense at the face off dot with pucks.  Set up another group of pucks at the blue line on the opposite side.  Two cones should be placed as shown in the diagram.  Forwards are placed in a line at the hash marks on the same side as the defense.  On the whistle D1 passes to F1.  F1 skates around the net protecting the puck from the defense. Defense should apply passive pressure until the forward uses their escape move on the second cone.  F1 continues to move their feet around the second cone and then explodes to the front of the net for a scoring chance.  After F1 makes their move on the first cone, D1 skates up to the blue line to retreive a puck.  D1 skates backwards with the puck along the blue line to the center of the ice and shoots while F1 stays in front of the net for a screen or deflection.