Please Note: The Practice of the Week is usually designed to be utilized across multiple age levels. 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 layers to fit your team.

Also Note: You do not need goalies or nets for all of these drills.  Adjust based on your team structure. 

Practice Theme: The drills in this practice are designed to help your players practice and develop angling habits in different situations.

3 Key Focus Points

1. Skating Routes -  Take routes to take back ice, push your opponent to where you want them to go and allow you to take the proper angle on your opponent so that you don't arrive too soon or too late.
2. Contact - Use your stick and body position to keep the player towards the boards and cut through their hands.
3. Stick Detail - Lead with your stick to take away passing lanes and to get your stick on the puck.  When angling along the boards, get your stick on the heel of the opponents blade.