Overload Play 2 is my specialty LOL.
I also think we need to make sure players don't skate at other players.
This happens mainly in two places during a game. On the breakout we tend to have 3 right wingers and in the offensive zone we have forwards skating at the defense men assuming the defense will move. Rule of thumb is you only skate to open ice, you don't try to create it.
With Jobo's diagrams hopefully people see the importance of the wingers holding the side boards and working down low. When we are wining we are working the side boards with a strong winger and we keep the puck on that one side, an not having 2 forwards standing out front of the net.
My pet peeve is the walk in over the blue line and slap the puck move. With no screen and nobody around for a rebound its just a waste of possession. Slapping it when we have numbers on a fast break catches all our forward on the rush and allows the other team to have numbers on the way back.
Creating the rush from out of our zone is just as important, turning back only allows the other team to get back and outnumber our forwards in the attacking zone. Rule of thumb with defense is "if there is someone ahead of you, you pass the puck". This will help us not give up odd man rushes as the defense will be ready to adapt to what happens in the neutral zone. It will also allow the forwards to keep their speed into the zone instead of 3 forwards stopping cold at the blue line.
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