Cut & Drop Drill

Drill Diagram

Description

All players are split up into 4 lines. Two lines in the center ice circle and two lines along opposite blue lines.
On the whistle, the first player in the center ice lines takes off and works on crossing over to get up ice. At the same time, the first player in the lines at the blue lines explode up ice.
The player with the puck at center ice gives a short quick pass to the player exploding up ice who weaves to the middle. The player with the puck along the boards gets to the middle of the ice and drops a puck just inside the blueline to their teammate that switched with them that is now along the boards.
The player with the puck now works to gain middle ice inside of the zone to take a shot, all while the player without the puck drives to the front of the net for a screen, deflection or tip. Use a coach as tight gap D near blue line to emphasize cut hands opportunity.
After a shot is taken, a coach places a puck in the corner. One of the forwards retrieves the puck (F1) and quickly finds their teammate (F2), who is supporting them around the face-off dot, for a quick shot on net.

Notes: working on 2-man NZ weaving, zone entry, and offensive tactics

Tags: 1. weave with speed, , 2. drop that puck inside the blue line, , 3. cut hands or quick shot with screen or tip, then quick retrieve corner puck for short pass/shot