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Channel: Online Hockey Training
Date: 23/04/2019

OHT – “Got Hands?” Playoff Play of the Day (Video 9)

Hey Everybody, 
Coach Lance from Online Hockey Training.com
And welcome to the OHT “Got Hands?” Playoff Play of the day.
Let’s get after it.

The Play of The Day takes us to Vegas, where the Knights and Sharks
Faced off for game 6 of their series.  The first period was a tight one, and both
Teams have been unable to capitalize on any of their grade A chances thus far, 
Until the dying seconds of the frame, when Logan Couture creates something 
Out of nothing and ends up breaking the deadlock with under 10 seconds remaining.

Mr. Couture made one subtle move prior to releasing his shot that greatly increased
His odds in his favor to score the goal, and the odds were definitely in his favor, 
As he sniped one lower left past an outstretched Fluery.  

What I’d like to do, is show you what he did, explain why he did it, and show you some ways I teach deceptive shooting, by changing the angle of the puck, prior to releasing the shot.

What he understood when he got the puck in the neutral zone was that time was winding down for the period, and he had only one option, enter the offensive zone and rip a shot on net.  
The second thing he realized was that the Vegas defenseman wasn’t able to gap up, because it was a broken play, so he could enter the Ozone uncontested.

Upon entering the zone, he quickly brings the puck to his forehand side shooting position, and this is the hitch, he pulls the puck in toward his feet with the forehand toe of the blade, pushes it back out as he separates laterally slightly and then releases the shot.

What this sneaky little technique did was disrupt the defenseman’s gap, forcing him to react by trying to get stick on puck, but by that time, Couture has already released the shot under the stick.  This move also got the goalie moving and disrupted the his ability to track the puck, as he wasn’t able to recover in order to make the save on a shot that went cross grain.

Luck was shining down on me, as the next night, we had another example of the same move by ovechin, See how he comes in with the puck on the forehand, the defenseman goes down swinging his stick at the puck, OV adjusts his blade slightly,
So he can push the puck in toward the center of the ice, avoiding the stick and releases a bullet.


Before we can get to the pushout portion of the move, players must first get comfortable using the toe of the blade.  I first start out by having them do a quick 
Dribble on the Forehand side and then go toe heel, changing the distance away from the body with each rep.

Next, I’ll progress to doing the same 1-2 dribble, but now toe heel in front of the body.

From there I’ll add some barriers and forward movement, having the player step toward the orange pucks when pushing the puck out and separating laterally when pulling it in toward the body

After that, I’ll add another row of orange pucks 2 feet apart, and spot pucks in each opening, the player grabs the puck with the toe of the blade, pulls it in toward the body, and release the shot.

Then I’ll take away a row of orange pucks, and now make a pass to them that they receive on the forehand, push the puck out laterally, adjust the stick blade and rip the shot

And finally, I give the player a pass on the backhand, they push it out to the forehand side, pull the puck in toward the body, shooting top hand out, then push it out laterally on the forehand, avoiding the cones and release the shot.

Give these drills a try off the ice, and see if it gives you a competitive advantage on the ice.

Thanks for watching and I’ll see you next time hockey workout

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