Penalty Kill

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Penalty Kill

• CEP Level 3
• Brian Johnson

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Choosing a Penalty Kill System for Your Team
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Elements to be considered

• Personal coaching philsophy
• 4-5 defensemen
• 6-7 forwards
• Having your next line intact
• Rink measurements
• Opponents tendencies and systems

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Design System

• To match players skills
• The players enjoy playing
• To challenge your players

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Effective Traits - Forwards

• Excellent skater quickness and strength
• Excellent lateral mobility
• Excellent checker with defensive skills (angling)
• Intelligence anticipation
• Good face-off skills
• Tenacity

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Effective Traits - Defensemen

• Excellent skater
• Excellent lateral mobility
• Strength in one-on-one situations
• Out of corner
• In front of the net
• Intelligence anticipation
• Tenacity
• Ability to clear the puck from the zone

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Types of PK Forechecks

• Aggressive
• Controlled (read and react)
• Passive

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Aggressive
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Aggressive Forecheck

• Both forwards hard on the puck.
• Constantly pursuing the puck around the zone.
• Little rhyme or reason in attacking the puck.
  Panic.
• One puck carrier cannot beat both forecheckers.
• One forechecker must roll to backup other who
  is pressing.

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Controlled
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T or Piggy-back

• Begins in I formation.
• Fwds roll inside-out to force puck to the boards.
• Semi-aggressive.
• Read attack if situation appears positive.
• One pass should never beat both forecheckers.
• D fills center through neutral zone.

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Criss-Cross

• Works outside-in.
• X1 X2 cross in parallel planes.
• Timing is critical.

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Controlled Delay

• Formation like the T.
• X1 attacks puck carrier to force puck to be
  passed.
• X2 delays and anticipates pass, attacking pass
  receiver.
• X1 then comes right up the middle.

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Passive
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Passive

• X1 and X2 turn pick-up wings covering outside
  lanes.
• X3 and X4 fill inside lanes through neutral zone.
• System is designed to force play on the defensive
  blue line.

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Similar Forechecks
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Tandem

• It is like the piggy-back method.
• F1 forechecks the puck carrier force a pass.
• F2 then attacks the pass while F1 backchecks
  through the middle of the ice.
• Usually do not force when behind the net.

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T vs. Swing Breakout

• F1 mirrors the opponents swing person
• This removes this option.
• F2 moves down to forecheck the puck carrier.
• D1 or D2 will attack any passes made to posted
  wingers.

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Steer Tandem

• The Trap
• F2 is the Hammer
• F1 is low on one side of the rink causing the
  breakout to go the other way angles off initial
  puck carrier up boards
• F2 anticipates pass and Hammers receiver
• F1 backchecks through middle

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Read React

• Simplest of all
• High pressure based on speed aggressiveness of
  forecheckers
• F1 goes hard to create confusion
• F2 reads reacts to pass

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Diamond Forecheck

• Mostly used in neutral zone, but can be O-zone
• Concept of time space w/ angling or steering
• F1 is positioned in the middle of the rink ready
  to steer puck carrier to one side or the other
• D1 stands up to form trap
• If dumped, F2 and goalie must get puck out of
  zone
• Pass to F1????

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1-3

• Similar to the Diamond
• Main thrust of def action occurs at def blue line
• F1 may forecheck as deeply as he/she desires
• Angle off puck carrier through neutral zone
• Defenders form wall at blue line to force
  turnover or dump

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Defensive Zone
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Box

• Very passive
• Force opponents to work puck on the perimeter
• Prevent opponents passes and the puck to move
  through the box
• Force opponent to shoot from the outside,
  relinquish no rebound shots

Eyes Butts
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Rotation - Aggressive

• Read react system
• Players interchange position as they attack puck
• Flood one side to shut-off passing lanes and puck
  movement opportunities
• Each player must know others responsibilities and
  cover for him/her on the rotation

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Controlled

• Combo of Box Rotate
• Puck is on top rotate to diamond position
• Puck is down low box position with controlled
  pressure

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Diamond or 1-2-1

• Used against Umbrella
• Passive or Aggressive
• When puck is deep in the zone, player on weak
  side must drop down to help cover in front of the
  net

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2 Players Short
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Passive Tight Triangle

• Like traditional box
• Key keep puck on perimeter
• Give up shots outside, but nothing in slot or
  rebound
• Goalie must have good angles and control rebounds

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Rotating Triangle

• More pressure can be applied to vs offense
• Tight triangle reduces area being covered
• Rule of thumb Defend no higher than top of the
  circles

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Inverted Triangle

• 2 defenders always front the puck, with 1 on weak
  side
• At top, 2-1
• On ½ board, 1-2
• Designed to put pressure on points and move puck
  deep in the zone

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Keys to Remember

• Always face the puck
• Split the ice in ½ to prevent cross-ice passes
• Sticks on the ice
• Keep away or ragging
• 1 pass doesnt beat 2 defenders
• Keep the front of the net clear

• Dont get tied up in front
• Fwds 30-40 sec shifts
• Face-offs are crucial
• Never clear puck across your zone. High off
  glass
• Fwds angle inside-out
• Communication

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Practice

• Coach the penalty kill
• Make it a challenge
• PP vs PK for a set period of time have a winner
• Set goals
• Certain percentage
• Keep statistics
• Teach everyone, play everyone at youth levels

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