4 Small Area Games for the 18U or Midget Levels

Andrew Trimble
03/31/2025
5:38 am

4 Small Area Games for the 18U, Midget or even older Levels

PP/ PK Split Game

Take your two Power Play units and put them on each side of the ice in one zone. Have pads or cones separating the zone. Take 4 penalty killers and put them within the 5 PP group. These killers can not clear the puck out of the zone (it will be given right back to PP if they do so) and instead have to clear the puck or pass across to the other PP group on the other side. Play for a designated time limit. Focus on quick decisions, outnumbering on loose pucks, net front presence and more.

4 Small Area Games for the 18U or Midget Levels - The Hockey Focus

2 Puck Showdown

Neutral Ice game with two teams and two nets. 1 puck comes out of each side on the whistle. Goal is to score both pucks in your opponents net, while also defending your own. Pucks are dead when they leave the neutral zone or in the back of the net. Great drill for man on man defense, communication, compete level and more.

Huntsville 3 v 3

Use the center ice circle. Players outside the circle can’t go inside and players inside the circle can’t cross the redline or go outside the circle. Focus on quick decisions, puck movement and shots from good angles. Pucks go out of the playing area, new pucks come from the coach. Fun game.

Sweden 4 v 2 PP/PK Game

Focus of the game is getting possession of the puck, keeping it and scoring with the man advantage. 2 v 2 turns into a 4 v 2 when the team earns possession of the puck. Players involved with the original 2v2 can go anywhere in the neutral zone, added players (2 extra) can only go on their side of the red line. Score, and you keep the puck (breaking out from behind your own net). Other team misses the net, you get a new puck from your own end and keep the man advantage. Play till whistle. New 2 v 2 every minute.