Half Ice Drills

1. Finish Half-Ice Drill

2. Give and Go to the Point Shooting

1. first player passes out to point man - then attacks (only applys pressure at first, allows bank pass to get to next player in line)

2. point man bank passes back to next player in line

3. receiver executes a give and go with point man

4. point man shoots

5. player who attacked becomes new point man

3. 1 on 1 angling and Stick handling Stations:

5-7 minutes per station:

Station 1/2- On whistle, D skates backwards to cone, pivots and heads to cone two before attempting to angle F to the boards. F skates around cone picks up puck and attempts to drive wide on D to score on net.

Station 3: Player carries puck through cones/ sticks on cones, etc., and passes to other partner in opposite line. The player in the opposite line then skates back through the stick handling circuit.

4. Hillaby Show Off Skills Circuit

Complete continuous circuit without pucks first before adding pucks.

1. Tight turns/ manage players at start position

2. Pass puck to coach. Coach returns puck with a pass to player as they skate towards net for a shot on the goalie.

3. “Snakeweed”. After shot, player pivots around cone and skates backwards towards 2nd cone near blue line. Player then pivots back to forward

4. Players jump over horizontal sticks before returning back to start position

5. Larsen Give and Go:

1. First player leaves hash mark, turns the corner and receives a pass from the next player in line.

2. He then carries the puck around the next cone, and does a give and go with the passer (P) at the red line.

3. After receiving the pass back from ‘P’, he does another give and go with the ‘P’ in the corner, then fires a one-timer on net.

TIP: have your players use the inside mohawk to round the turns!

6. Forward Skill Circuit Half Ice

1. F1 starts by jumping over stick with crossover, then receives a pass to outside from coach. F1 returns pass then crosses over stick going other direction. F1 again receives and returns pass. F1 makes final cross-over jump over stick takes pass and goes in for shot at hash marks

2. F1 then receives a pass from F2 heads up ice either chipping puck off wall past obstacle or make a move around.

3. F1 makes give and go pass to coach.

4. F1 moves past obstacle to outside (wide zone entry), curls around lower obstacle towards boards before cutting to net making move through final obstacle.

4. F1 shoots and then moves to the F2 line. F2 after passing moves to F1 line.

7. Double Pass Drill

1. Player skates around circle and shoots in stride

2. Player picks up puck in corner and skates around circle to top passing to coach. Player continues around circle and pivots to backwards and receives return pass

3. Player continues skating backwards with puck around to bottom of circle before pivoting to forward up to hashmarks before making pass to coach. Player heads up ice for a return pass.

4. Coach returns pass. Player makes tight turn towards boards, enters zone wide and cuts to net for shot.

8. Shoot 1 vs 1

1. P1 Skates around face-off circle and shoots; then one-touch passes with P2 in corner who has puck

2. D takes pass at blue from P3

3. D skates to middle and shoots, then turns to play 1 on 1 with P1

4. P1 skates outside blue line, loops back and plays 1 on 1 vs D

Alternate sides

9. Kane 2-shot Drill

1. Coach passes to player in line.

2. Player makes move on McDavid and shoots in stride.

3. Player picks up puck in corner and passes it to coach on wall.

4. Player skates around line comes back down middle and catches pass from coach and shoots.