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Originally Posted by heep223
No, he doesn't. When referring to the offensive and neutral zone (especially forechecking), the players are referred to as F1/F2/F3, meaning the first player to the puck, the supporting player and the trailer (to generalize). The C doesn't have a specific responsibility in terms of what you're talking about.
It all depends on where each player is positioned, where the puck is, who has the puck and where the opposing players are. It's just as likely that the centerman is the one pressuring the opposing D as a winger, if the opposition has possession in their zone. If the centerman is in a position to attack the puck, and the other two forwards are back, he will attack the puck (or pressure the d-men whichever way according to the system). There is no specific assignment to the C in the offensive zone or the neutral zone.
This type of summer debate is far more interesting to me than the Jankowski thread  |
You are correct. F1, F2 and F3 are how coaches describe it.
San Jose plays a system where the F1 is usually the centre, and approaches from the boards on the puck side and the winger attacks more down the middle (the other winger either high slot or towards the boards on the other side if the puck is being moved that way).