TEAM
PLAY ~ OFFENSIVE
ZONE ~ DEFENSIVE
ZONE ~ SKILLS
~ LINKS
~ HELP
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Penalty
Kill
~ Power
Play
~ Pulling
Our Goalie
~ Pulling
Their Goalie |
Penalty Kill
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In the diagram at left,
we are the blue dots and they are the green dots.
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This would be a typical
snapshot of killing a penalty in our zone.
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Our team will form a box
as shown, each player at a corner.
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Generally, one of their
players will be in the middle of the box, with the other four looking for
an opening between our players.
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It's important not to
be too aggressive so that you don't get pulled out of position.
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In the above four diagrams,
the black dot represents the offensive player with the puck, the purple
dot represents the offensive player farthest from the puck carrier.
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Notice how the box moves
as a solid unit, as the puck moves around the ice surface.
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Since the purple player
is the farthest from the puck carrier, she is less of a threat than the
other 4 players on the ice. So you don't have to check her too closely,
momentarily. It would be extremely difficult for the puck carrier
to get the puck directly to the purple player.
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When you are killing a
penalty, you can think of yourself as being connected to your 3 team mates
by ropes, such that if one of you wants to move, all 4 of you have to move
in unison, maintaining the shape of a box.
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In the diagram at left,
the puck is near their blue line.
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If we get the puck out
of our end, you have to be careful not to be too aggressive.
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One of the forwards will
go up the ice to harass the puck carrier, while the other forward will
stay back a bit to cover the middle of the ice.
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The important thing here
is that if one forward moves to her right, the other forward will move
to her left. This will make it easy to re-form the box.
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Also, the defence will
always keep everyone in front of them, AS THEY ALWAYS DO.
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Notes:
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When the penalty is over,
the player coming on to the ice surface will assume the position of CENTRE.
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If a D gets a penalty,
the other D's will still play on the penalty kill. The coach will
decide which forwards will kill the penalty.
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If a Forward gets a penalty,
the coach will decide which forwards will kill the penalty, such that we
can get back to normal lineups ASAP.
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Each penalty kill will
have 2 Defence and 2 Forwards on the ice.
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