Set Up:

• Nets need to be centered in the middle of the ice and on each blue line in the NZ (or five feet into the offensive zones for more space).
• Teams are set up at opposite blue lines with pucks (White on one side; Red on the opposite)
  • Players form 2 lines
  • Pucks should also be placed on opposite blue lines (without players)
• The best place for the head coach is at the Red Line
  • Be careful to stand behind nets (pucks will be flying)
• Players are attempting to score on the net across the Neutral Zone

Game:

Object: Score before the Opposing Team

• When the whistle blows, two players from each corner (2 Red/2 White) leave their corner
  • One player takes the puck behind his own net
  • His partner sets an angle to challenge the opponent who is taking the puck behind the opposite net
• The player with the puck looks to score after skating around his net
• The player without the puck can do the following:
  • Play defense on the opponent with the puck
  • Join his teammate and attempt to create a 2v1 (or 2v0) and score
• The White team must get a new puck (from their side of the blue line if:
  • The Red Team knocks their puck out of the neutral zone
  • The Red Team’s goalie covers the puck
  • They shoot the puck wide and out of the neutral zone

Principles:

The brilliance of this game is that players need to decide if they should join offense or play defense. 

• The player WITHOUT the PUCK must constantly assess whether to join on offense OR play defense (1v1, 1v2) and deny a scoring opportunity
• The player WITH the PUCK must constantly assess if he has a 1v0, 1v1, 2v1 opportunity to score
• Discuss the ‘transition’ of defense to offense and how to take advantage of that gap when the puck gets knocked out of the zone & there is an opportunity to join the attack
• Players must constantly talk & perceive the ever changing environment to solve problems as they happen
  • The team/players who solve the problem correctly and finish their play (scoring a goal) wins