Ian Taylor is the Executive Director of the OMHA and former Director of Hockey Development. A proud hockey dad of two, Ian has over 25 years of instructional and coaching experience.
Time and space is at a premium in today’s game.
The speed of the game means players must make quicker decisions in less space and puck protection has become a crucial skill in order to manage the puck.
In the scenarios below we are going to look at three instances where players used the ‘spin-a-rama’ move to:
Interesting to note that all three videos are from NHL games that were played in the first week of October 2017 and all three are executed in a slightly different way.
Three great examples of the same evasive skating and stickhandling maneuver used in three slightly different ways – all used to create time and space, protect the puck and create open passing or shooting lanes.
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Ian Taylor is the Executive Director of the OMHA and former Director of Hockey Development. A proud hockey dad of two, Ian has over 25 years of instructional and coaching experience.