• Forwards at all 4 ends of the blue line, pucks at opposite sides with the Defenceman split up in the middle along the boards.
• Two Coaches will be in opposite corners with pucks.
• To begin a Coach will blow the whistle and the first side will start (Blue). F1 and F2 will start with a 2-on-0 at their own end.
• After a shot is taken. The players will then look to transition up ice where D1 will come into the drill.
• Coach 1 will pass a puck out to the curling F2 and begin skating up ice with F1 curling on the other side. They will play out a 2-on-1 to the other end for a shot.
• As the players are crossing the blue line F3 (line diagonal to the coach in the corner) will begin to skate towards the coach looking for an outlet pass from them.
• After the 2-on-1 has finished, D1 will step out of the drill and F1 and F2 will curl and transition back up the ice joining F3.
• As all three forwards begin coming back down the ice, D2 and D3 will join the drill and play the forwards on a 3-on-2 to the net.
• After a shot is taken the coach will blow another whistle and the other set of forwards (Red) will start again with a 2-on-0 and then receive a pass from Coach 2 and transition up ice.

• Awareness of when it is your turn to go will be key for this drill to run smooth.
• Players need to communicate for passes and zone entries, build good habits for games.
• Defencemen work on gap control, taking away passes, and blocking lanes

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