so it's fun to get "tangled up" with the guy defending your buddy. You generally need to be looking down, perhaps "frantically searching at your feet for the puck," but you know know full well what you're doing: cutting off the defenseman trying to stay with your teammate. The other two great pick spots: as stretch guy on the PP, lightly clipping a defender waiting for the on-coming rush (do not knock that d-man down, you will get called -- also, you could hurt a guy pretty badly), and on the PP in-zone so somebody can get a clean look from the slot. 3) A well-timed last-second stick lift. When your opponent doesn't know you're there it's even better. Whether he's waiting for a pass and about to receive it, or just turning up ice on a loose puck in the d-zone, it's uber-satisfying to wait until the last second, give a good, hard stick lift, and have solid possession immediately, with the other guy going to wrong way. 4) The butt-end back-check slow down. Sometimes you're just getting started on the back-check, and one of their players who's got their momentum up (or is just plain faster) is about to fly by you. You can't do it for long, obviously, but if you can catch the guy for a solid second or so with the butt-end of your stick extended out of your top glove hand, you can seriously dampen a guy's mojo. That's a leg-burner for that guy.