Ice Hockey Offensive Zone

5 on 3 box and one off hand options.

Ice hockey offensive zone. The idea in this offensive zone system is to control the puck down low. The three players high in the zone can be positioned in a triangle shape and rotate. This creates confusion and opens up passing lanes from low to high. Eventually the puck will go from low to high to an open play but it starts with puck possession and protection down low with two forwards.

Simply put attacking players must not enter the attacking zone before the puck. This is a good one for young hockey players to watch. This animation diagrams the basic concept of cycling in the offensive zone. Once the players have established puck possession there should always be a player high in the slot a player in front of the net and the puck carrier protecting the puck up the wall.

Pass puck to the outside and drive hard to the net for a return pass. This changed after two blue lines were eventually painted on the ice 20 feet on each side of the red centerline which split the rink into three separate parts. In ice hockey a play is offside if a player on the attacking team does not control the puck and is in the offensive zone when a different attacking player causes the puck to completely cross the blue line into the offensive zone until either the puck or all attacking players leave the offensive zone. Pass the puck to the outside and drive to the net outside player cuts to the middle and looks to shoot through player drving to the net or a tip.

The defensive zone the neutral zone and the attacking offensive zone. Sometimes the attacking zone is also called as the offensive zone. Offensive zone hockey drills that focus on puck possession cycling and scoring. Sometimes the defending zone is also known to be called as the defensive zone.

In its earliest days hockey held some resemblance to rugby as players were not allowed to pass the puck forward. The end zone in which each team s goal net is located is called the defending zone. The end zone is the one in which an ice hockey team is trying to score it is the attacking zone. These drills offer a good chance to work on generating scoring chances.

3 on 2 zone entry overlap 2. This has a trickle down effect into player selection also as a shift in preferred shot sequences will naturally lead to preferred skills. Quick blast offensive zone face off. Hockey analytics still has a ways to go with accounting for everything happening on the ice but one way it can start to have an impact is in shot selection and offensive tactics.

Pass the puck to the outside and outside player escapes to the wall cycles the puck low look for a return pass high in the slot. The idea is that players maintain a good triangle shape and rotate positions.