By Owen E.
As someone who had never played organized hockey (ice or floor) before coming to the DCHL, I didn’t have any deep knowledge of hockey strategy or positional play when I started playing in the Summer 2013 season. I had ideas about where to play when on offense or who to cover and what to do defense, but no guiding principles or foundational knowledge about how to fit what I do as an individual into what is needed as a team of players working together.
My insight was limited to what I may have picked up watching NHL or college hockey games. From a player perspective, I never really thought about questions such as: Where should I be as a right wing when the ball is in my defensive zone? Where should I set up for a defensive zone face-off? What is the first thing I should do after the ball is dropped?
During those first few weeks I found a lot of great, interesting hockey strategy videos on the web and figured I’d share them here with anyone that is in the same situation.
- Defensive Zone Faceoffs
- Offensive Zone Faceoffs
- Defense - In General
- Defensive Zone Play
- Offense on the Point and Neutral Zone
- Tips for players new to Forward
- Backchecking
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