Wrap Puck Protection Progression

The Wrap Puck Protection Drill helps players practice picking pucks off of the boards in the offensive zone and attacking the net. The drill progresses to a 2 person passing drill.

Setup

• Line up players at the blue line along the boards with puck.
• Start with one player on the near post.
• On the whistle, a player at the blue line dumps the puck into the corner.
• The player in front of the net jumps to the puck, shoulder checks, collects the puck and attacks the net to get a shot on net. After the shot, the player that dumped the puck rotates to the front of the net, while the player that just shot rotates out.
• Progression 1: The drill progresses to a passing play, where the player in front of the net collects the puck, and then picks their head up to hit the player that dumped the puck with a pass. The player that gets the pass should work to get a quick shot off.
• Progression 2: Add a coach or a player to give light pressure so that the player picking the puck up along the boards needs to keep their head up and look to where they should pass to. This also forces the player streaking in from the point to jump to an area that is open.

Coaching Points

• The player retrieving the pucks from the boards should shoulder check and keep their head up (add a coach or player to give light pressure to make this drill more game like).
• The player jumping in from the point needs to communicate and let their teammate know where they are. They should work to get a quick shot off.

Variations

• The drill can be 1/2 ice as shown above or 1/4 as shown below.
• Can add in an extra player or a coach to provide light pressure and require the players to keep their heads up to make the pass.