Offensive defensemen are coveted – that statement is as true today as it was 50 years ago.
Defensemen who can contribute offensively, yet are still as reliable as ever in their own zone, act as a cheat code for a team. Daniel Bochner, Assistant Coach and Player Development Coach with SKA Saint Petersburg in the Kontinental Hockey League, is doing his best to produce O from the D, as you’ll see in his Virtual Hockey Summit presentation.
Daniel Bochner, the first Canadian coach ever hired to work full-time within the Russia Ice Hockey Federation, looks at various ways coaches can help their defencemen develop the skills necessary to succeed on the offensive blueline . . .
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The drills used in this presentation was great! His explanation of the drills was very easy to understand. Dan did a nice job.
Cam
Daniel delivered a well-thought-out and sequenced presentation with numerous takeaways for coaches at a variety of levels. He created a good balance of text, video, drills, and in-game situations that illuminated the content he was delivering.
Awesome job as always, Boch!
Really enjoyed the presentation!!