Rules of Engagement

“Champions Find Ways To Win”

Ivan Gloeden

Clem Hand

Darryl Nilson

Fraser Oliver

Dan Schofield

Table of ContentsMOJO

OFFENCE

• HEAD MAN PUCK

• MAKE USE OF SPACE

• CYCLE LOW

• FORECHECK

DEFENCE

• DESIRE

• ANGLING

• COVER POINTS

• D-FENCE

OFFENSIVE PLAY

• PLAY OFF THE PUCK

• WIN THE BLUE LINE

DEFENSIVE PLAY

• D to D

GOALIES

• PLAYING THE PUCK

• CUTTING OF ANGLES

DO YOUR JOB

GET MOJO ON OUR SIDE EARLY… AND KEEP IT!

•Energy and lots of it!

•Commitment to the cause

•Everyone, no weak link

•Positive

•Fight for it because you really want it

Take the HEART and WILL away!

HEADMAN THE PUCKOFFENCE

•Get speed and forward direction on our side.

•Keep advancing

•Get forward direction on our side

•Make the pass

•Error on offensive side

•Do it fast and quick

Make Good Use of Space

OFFENCE

•Chip it up into space

•Dump & chase

•Corners are the space real men go into

•Give and go into space

•Find space and move to it

•Cycle low, keep moving puck to space

•Behind the net is space

CYCLE LOW, ATTACK & CREATE SEPERATION

• Make use of dead space, keep possesion

• Create separation, use the points

• Attack the area, one time the pass and shot

• Keep it deep, cycle and frustrate and FRUSTRATE MORE

• Win the boards

• BE GRITTY

• ANTICIPATE

OFFENCE

Cycle low, cycle low & cycle low again

Wear them down!

AGGRESSIVE1,2,3 FORECHECK

• 1st man go fast, angle the man (pin) and force the error

• 2nd man take the forehand pass away, read and react, capitalize on the “forced error”

• 3rd man high, slows any counter-attack, intercept the pass through the middle

OFFENCE

90% DESIRE

JUST DO IT!

DEFENCE

• I WON’T BE BEAT

• I WON’T LET MY TEAM BE BEAT

• IT’S TEAM EFFORT (ANGLING,PINNING)

•I WON’T I WON’T I WON’T

ANGLING• Low Angling, finish the check (bang, bump, rub out,

eliminate choices)

• Full Ice Angling, FORCE & KEEP PLAYER OUTSIDE (stay with him)

• Forwards have to care; and care enough to WORK IT!

DEFENCE

Defense is played on the “full” ice surface

COVER POINTS

• Don’t let the shot in

• Block the middle!

• Finish the check

DEFENCE

• Use speed

• Block the shot and…..

• Look for OPPORTUNITY to CAPITALIZE

DEFENCE

•PLAY THE MAN NOT THE PUCK

•FINISH ALL YOUR CHECKS, I MEAN ALL YOUR CHECKS•ANGLE & ANGLE MORE

•WIN THE BATTLE OF THE BOARDS

•WIN THE BLUE LINE

•2 HANDS ON STICK AND SKATE THROUGH THE PLAY

D - FENCE

PLAY OFF THE PUCKOFFENSIVE PLAY

•MOVE, DON’T WATCH•FIND SPACE, GO HARD•MAKE IT HAPPEN•GO TO WHERE THE PUCK “SHOULD” GO

WIN THE BLUE LINE – get the puck in or get it out

• No passing at the blue line in offensive and defensive zone

• Make an earlier decision, be quick in your thinking

• CROSS ICE PASSING BETWEEN BLUELINES

OFFENSIVE PLAY

•Carry it in if you can win the zone

•Dump and make good use of space (corners and behind the net)

D MEN

• OPEN THE ICE SURFACE UP

•USE THE POINTS

•SUPPORT WITH D TO D PASSING

•USE THE CORNERS & BEHIND THE NET

•REVERSE THE PLAY

GOALIESPLAY THAT PUCK!

GOALIESGET OUT OF THE CREASE

AND CUT ANGLES OFF

DO YOUR JOB do it well and

have some trust in the team

you have both a team and individual responsibility on this team

OFFENCEDEFENCE