Offensive Zone Setup, Score, Regroup, Entry

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Description

This is a 5-on-5 drill or 5-on-4 (power play, penalty kill) where the 5 starts with a puck. Focus on setting up a scoring opportunity. Give the offensive team a short time to score (i.e. 15 seconds) and then blow the whistle to signal a regroup. The offensive D should skate back into a good position for a regroup for the coach and execute a D-to-D pass. All the forwards should come deep into the neutral zone and will receive a pass from the regrouping D with the puck. The offensive line then executes a second zone entry and attempts to score.

Notes: Coaches can take away passing lanes in the neutral zone to force the defence to look for options and to have the forwards skate into better lanes.