Please Note: The Practice of the Week is designed to bring value across multiple age levels. You can use this to build ideas to develop your own practice.  With that being said, we highly encourage you to adjust the drills based on your team's age and skill levels. IHS should always be used as a starting point and you can add/remove constraints to fit your team.

Practice Theme: The drills and games in this practice are designed to help your players work on their down low play offensively, defensively with possession and also away from the puck.

3 Key Focus Points

1. Will & Determination: You have to win puck battles and races and gain possession of the puck
2. Puck Protection: Use your body positioning to shield the puck and create space to make a play (keep your head up)
3. Find Soft Ice: When you are away from the puck, make yourself available by finding soft ice and popping off of the defenders to open lanes