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Hockey, Defensive question?
So, a player on the other team is starting a break out near the boards.
Now, usually, I would have seen this coming and already started skating back, but sometimes, I don't and find myself attempting to hold the play up at the blue line.
The question is, when the player bounces the puck around me using the boards, and then skates around me the other way, should I turn and chase for the puck or should I just try to re-gain body position on the other player?
4 Answers
- 7 years ago
Simple answer - don't put yourself in that position. By trying to hold up the play at the blue line more likely then not you are surrendering a 2-on-1. You should back off and play the forwards 2-on-2. The only time you should try to hold up the play is if you know you have a supporting winger behind you (say coming off the bench) or you have just as good a chance to get to the puck before the opposing winger,
- viphockey4Lv 77 years ago
The guy is going forward so he is around you just after he chips the puck. Knowing that if you chase the puck (as he is) and we established you are behind him at this point you surrender any chance to defend the play and worse yet once you reach out for the puck your stick becomes a perfect target for the ref to see a hooking penalty. He is by you, if nobody else is back that may cost you the immediate goal or a penalty shot. If you bust tail to try and establish some sort of position between him and the net even if you don't quite get to him you at least take away some of his options on shot selection. And you are in a better position to retrieve the puck if he gets off a good shot, chasing the puck wont allow you even that chance. Very rarely is it a good idea to surrender any potential positioning, the guys coming back to help count on you to be working for position so they know where they need to collapse to. Running around opens the ice, I know I love it when guys surrender position and open up the ice, even if I have to chip it a second time to keep you off it worst case is the puck continues forward in the zone, best case is it finds the trailing forward who jumps into the space you abandoned. The guy going forward from the start always has the advantage, your job at that point is to take away options and that is best done by playing positional hockey.
- RonLv 67 years ago
regaining body position puts you in a position to take an interfernce penalty ... turn into the player ... use your angles and make a play for the puck
but don't pinch without support
- 7 years ago
go for the puck then once you get it spin around quickly and try to fire it towards the other teams end
