Power Play

Overview

Focus Areas

• Exits/Entries

• Recovery

• In Zone

• Face-offs

• Practice

Analytics • Over 60% of PP goals have direct net front presence

• 35% have Rush or Entry Point Shot

• 20% Point Shot

• 15% Half Wall shot or High Tip

• 13% Creativity after Broken Plays or Retrievals

• 8% off Face-Offs

• 6% Seam Pass Plays

• 3% Other

• The magic number to achieve is 105% when adding PP+PK%- Only 10% of the NHL will achieve that

Exits/Entries

• Score on Rush?

• Enter with Possession

• Organized (timing)

- Dzone = Fast

- Nzone = Faster

- Ozone Blue – Full Speed

Exits/Entries

• Freeze 1st PK Forechecker

• 4 at blue (4 chambers of attack)

• Kick outs

• Implode to middle -> Explode to Kick out

• Finish your routes

Exits/Entries

Exits/Entries

Finished Routes

Exits/Entries

Team Canada Entries4 Chambers

Kick outs

Drop Pass

Stretch off Rush

Scoring Off Rush Dallas

Recovery

- Finish routes

- Create odd man situations

- On possession go East/West or immediately high to point to move puck away from scrum

- Wolf pack mentality

- Scrums – Know your outs

Recovery

Recovery

Scrum East/West –Low to High

Recovery/Out Sequence

In Zone

• Remember: You have more players• Create outnumbered situations, isolate

• Set-up• Have different options, get to spots• Possession over position

• Create time and space• Open up ice, Get middle, Net presence

• Attack!• Movement, Flanks, Inside Dots, Shoot

• Retrievals• Get the puck back, keep possession

In Zone - Personnel

• Flankers

• Bump Guy

• Net Presence/Goal Line

• Active/Mobile Defensemen

• Weakside/Backdoor

Flankers/ Half Wall• Support High/Drive inside QB• Toes Facing the net (always a threat)• Skate Downhill• Attack inside the dots• Attack seam• Patience/poise• Bait D man to open up for low plays• Bait fwd to open up for slot option

** Backstrom/Kane/Kessel/Giroux

Flankers/ Half Wall

Crosby Flank GoalKessel Flank Goal

Middle Man

• Positioning is Key (talking to puck carrier)

• Relief Valve

• Shot Option

• High tip option

• Hunt rebounds

** Neal/Benn/Bergeron

Middle Man

High Tip Bump Back

Bump Back and Shot Goal line to Slot

Net Presence• Take Away the Goalie’s Eyes

• Release for support

- Puck is high – Net Front

- Puck is low – Release

• Turn to Hunt rebounds

• Release to help behind the net

• Push off Dmen to buy yourself space

** Hornquist/Kunitz/Simmonds/Van Riemsdyk

Net Presence

High tip + Net Front Goal Chara Screen

Weakside/Backdoor Threat

• One Timer Threat

• Good Shot – Quick Release

• Vision

• Position/Instinct

• GET OPEN

*Ovechkin/Stamkos

Weakside/Backdoor Threat

OV Wrister

Rangers Score 2 Weakside PP Goals

Shot from up Top• Strong Shooter

• Quick Release

• Get shots through

• Patience/Poise – don’t force plays

• Slide the line

• Get middle/side of ice

** Letang/Weber/Keith/Karlsson/Burns

Defense

One Timer Up TopWide One Timer

Karlsson

Faceoffs

• Have a Plan

• Assume Loss

• Recoveries (on our toes)

• Puck to Net Rule

• Roll out 5/4 play

Faceoffs – Personnel Centerman- On a win – soft pick on center to all time for D to gain middle

- Work to be option for strong side D

- Buy time with you C on losses

Board Side Winger- Gain net front on win

- Helps hunt for loose pucks on a loss

Inside Winger- On win becomes release option

- Helps on loose pucks in his area

- On full loss hunts opposition D

Faceoffs – Personnel

Board Side D

- D Strong side takes middle on FO win or is quick pass option for partner

- Inside D

- Find lane for One Timer

- Get on your forehand as quickly as possible

- Slide option if board side D takes the middle

Faceoffs

Loss RecoverWin to Wall – up top

C High Roll

Practice

Washington

How do you defend?

D 20

F 9

D2 3/2

F2 4

15/16

2/3

20

4

9

F3 11/16

D 7

F 8

D 18

F 15

F 19

How do you defend?

15

19

18

7

8X

X

X

X

19

18

15 7

8

Questions/Comments

Jesse Hale

Manager, Hockey Development

jhale@hockeyalberta.ca

403-304-0704