Tom,

Lots of great stuff Tom. I'm particlarly interested in the PP at the moment.

I'm experimenting with a kind of hybrid PP breakout.

D1 collects puck, waits behind net
D2 anchors on right side boards, between top of ring and blueline.
RW anchors at far blueline, also on right side.
C and LW both swing up left side, about 2-3 stick lengths apart. Leading F will cut to middle upon hitting defensive blueline; back F stays along boards.

Very simple to teach and provides lots of options (I won't go through them here). It seems to make easy work of the first two PK forecheckers, without a lot of risk.

(Note: Our three C's are lefthanded, which is why we swing up the left side.)

Any other coaches out there done something similar?

Paulie

you see breakouts on the pp with two stretch players and the low 3 filling the 3 lines. Another is all 5 come up together. Another is 4 come up and one late who gets a back pass and gains the zone with speed when the D slows up.