2 Small Area Games for the U20 or Junior Levels
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.
BY Andrew Trimble
Andrew Trimble is the General Manager and Co- Owner of the New England Wolves Hockey Club. He is also the Owner of Scoring Concepts LLC, a New Hampshire based hockey training company that offers camps, clinics, private lessons and teams. He has coached at all levels from Learn to Skate to College Hockey. For more info on his teams and programs check out- www.scoringconcepts.com or www.ne-wolveshockey.com
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