Your team’s defensive strategy will dictate the formation of your players when in your zone without the puck. Moving the slider all the way to the right will mean that your team opts to push the forecheck in the offensive zone. By moving all the way to the left, your team will have a bias towards setting up a neutral zone trap. Here, there is only a slider ranging from zero to six. The fifth skater sits behind the line of three to defend the net when a skater breaks through.ġ-4: One forward pressures the puck carrier while the other four set up a horizontal blockade, shutting off even more of the passage through to the defensive end.
The idea is to create two lines of defense to pressure the incoming puck carrier.ġ-2-2 Blue: Very much a flip of the 1-2-2 Red as your two lines of defenders set up on the halfway line and the offensive blue line while a forward pressures the puck carrier.ġ-3-1: One forward pressures the puck carrier while three skaters set up in a horizontal line across the neutral zone to shut off all three lanes. Your neutral zone strategy will dictate how your team sets up when your opponent pushes towards and through the middle of the ice while in possession.ġ-2-2 Red: One forward pressures the carrier, two defensemen sit on your defensive blueline, and the other two sit on the halfway line. Your defensemen will cover at the blueline, one forward will press the puck carrier, and the other forward will sit behind the opposition’s forward-most players to prevent a long-pass breakaway.ġ-2-2 Aggressive: Similar to the Passive version in the way that two defensemen sit along the blueline and one forward pressures the puck carrier, but here, the other two forwards will push higher up to cut off short passes by skating between the puck carrier and their closest passing option. The weak side defenseman will sit further down the blueline to prevent breakaways.ġ-2-2 Passive: Here, your forwards will sit quite deep in the offensive end. Weak Side Lock: Forwards will push towards the puck carrier and pressure the play along the boards while the strong side defenseman will hold to the boards. The third forward sits more defensively towards the blueline to help prevent a breakout. The idea of the forecheck is to put pressure on the puck carrier, shut off passing lanes, and force your opponent into making a mistake so that you can win the puck back in an advantageous area.Ģ-3: Defensemen set up on the halfway line while two players aggressively pursue the puck carrier and attempt to cut off the easiest pass. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.In hockey, when your opponent possesses the puck in the neutral zone or their defensive zone, your team will move on the forecheck. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior.
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