Join Skills Coach Max Noreau, on-ice presenter at TCS Live 2025 in Ann Arbor for a simple warmup drill to get D comfortable with defending the neutral zone.

Description

• D start in the middle circle, step out and skate backwards without a puck
• A forward glides with a puck up the wall, the D attacks laterally and strips the puck
• D performs escape and passes back to forward who gets off the wall and goes in for shot
• D follows up to the blue line, forward collects second puck and passes low to high
• D shoots with forward from previous rep in front of the net

Key Points

• D: it’s not necessarily about all out speed, it’s about using edges and stick to strip the puck
• F: anchor on wall and get feet moving north on reception of puck, not before