Breakout
Playname : Breakout positions

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When we gain control of the puck in our own zones each player needs to know their responsibility.
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Wingers - Both wingers need to get to their hashmarks with their hip on the board, their stick on the ice with the stick being up the ice and their up ice skate heel right on the board. If you’re farther up the ice than the hash marks it makes it much easier for the D to pinch and intercept the pass or to prevent the winger from making the second pass.
Skate to the boards while watching the play and preferably facing the play.
Center - The center must be deep in the zone and needs to be curling towards the side that the puck is going to be going to. The center needs to time their path such that they are level with the hash marks at the moment that the winger is able to make a pass to them.
Defense - The defenceman with the puck needs to get the puck to the side of the ice that they want to break it out on. They do this by skating it hard behind the net or by making a D – D pass with their defensive partner who should have slid down behind the net when he saw his team was going to gain possession of the puck.
The D with the puck needs to make a solid pass to the stick of the winger. This first pass is crucial to getting the puck out of the zone quickly.
If the defenceman is under pressure he can throw the puck hard around the boards instead to the winger but it’s much better if you can get past the edge of the net and put the puck right on their stick.
The defenceman without the puck needs to present himself as a pass option by sliding down behind the net and talking to their teammate. If the D with the puck doesn’t make the pass but decides to carry the puck the other D goes back to the front of the net.
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The winger should pass it to the center who is coming up the middle with speed. Again, the center needs to be in a position to take that pass down low. This deters their D from pinching down on our winger and allows them to approach the blue line with speed. If the center is higher in the zone when receiving the pass it’s much easier for the other teams D to intercept it and walk into the slot for a high percentage scoring chance.
The far/weak side winger needs to read the play to see where the center will be coming out with the puck. If the other team's D is pinching on the center then they should come to the middle to support with a short pass.
if the D is backing up then they should fly down their wing looking for that long hard pass.
When the D has the puck and is looking to make a pass, if the Wings are covered the D has a few different options.
1)If they have time and space they can skate the puck up the ice forcing someone to come to them.
2)If the center is curling and is wide open they can pass to the center
3)Reverse the puck by passing to the other D or skating it back to the other side.
NO BLIND PASSES!