"I want to make sure that we've got...five in the zone, so that way, we know that everybody's involved and everybody's important on the attack."
Author - David Starman
Starman has spent 11 years as an NHL scout with Toronto, Montreal, Seattle. He is a member of USA Hockey Player Development staff in New York State and has spent 25 years as an instructor with USA Hockey Coaching Education Program.
Starman tended goal for the University of Hartford before turning to the other side of the game, becoming the youngest head coach in Central Hockey League history in 2000 when, at age 31, he took over the Memphis River Kings. Starman later guided the New York Junior Bobcats of the Atlantic Junior Hockey League and was associate coach of the New York Apple Core of the Eastern Junior Hockey League. Starman is now one of the nation’s most respected college hockey TV analysts.
"The number one rule is you have to backcheck through the middle..."
"And most important, you have to communicate. When players come off the bench, they should be in each other's ears."
Create a practice plan with your goaltenders in mind.
When players are comfortable with a high pace in practice, they'll play the game with the same pace.
Should your minor hockey team be practicing the same way as the Toronto Maple Leafs? That’s the basis off the question Dave Starman asked the room at this summer’s...