This is a drill designed to get forwards moving their feet and protecting the puck in the offensive zone. It is a good half-ice or quarter ice drill too if you share the ice. To set up place the pucks just off to the side of the net and place the players in a line at the top of the circle. You can use a coach or another player to provide passive defense down along the goal line. On the whistle the first fowards skates down low, picks up a puck and does an excape move away from the passive pressure. They carry the puck up the wall and F2 times their break so the can receive a drop pass from F1. F2 carries the puck and then gives a pass back to F1 in the slot. F2 then picks up a puck and repeats the same thing as F1 and F3 now becomes F2. It is a continuous drill.
The idea is to get players used to protecting the puck and providing support. Using quick give and goes is a great way to get scoring chances down low. The forwards need to challenge themselves to move their feet especially as they come out of the escape turn and move up the wall.
