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Old 02-02-2013, 09:40 PM   #147
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Originally Posted by flameswin View Post
Active sticks are the reason. It may look like there's room for some back and forth passes, but the way defensmen cover two on ones now a days, there's a pretty good chance he'll get his stick out and break up the pass, especially on the 2 on 1 you're refferig to.
How about one pass before the blue line? Surely the defender isn't playing that high yet, he's panicking and backing up.
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