Most players think offense starts when the puck touches their stick. In reality, the best scoring chances are built before  the puck ever gets there. The puck is just the final piece of a sequence—space, time, and options are created earlier through skating routes, scanning, deception, and spacing. If you want more goals, cleaner breakouts, and more dangerous zone time, stop asking “What do I do with the puck?” and start asking “What did I do before  I got it?” The puck arriv

Some players look calm no matter how chaotic the game gets. They don’t just “have time” — they create  it. The difference often comes down to one skill: reading pressure. A lot of coaches talk about “hockey sense” like it’s something you either have or you don’t. But reading pressure isn’t a magical trait. It’s a repeatable process built on scanning habits, pattern recognition, and decision-making reps — and that means it’s absolutely trainable. What “reading pressure” actual

In today’s game, speed gets talked about like it’s the only thing that matters. Players are constantly told to skate faster, move quicker, and play at a higher tempo. While speed is absolutely valuable, it is not the only way to create time and space on the ice. In fact, some of the most effective offensive players in hockey are not the fastest skaters—they are the smartest manipulators. They use deception to control defenders, create separation, and generate opportunities wi

If you strip hockey down to its most repeatable truths, one principle keeps showing up at every level of the game: teams that control the middle of the ice win more often than teams that merely protect the outside . The boards may feel safer, the perimeter may look cleaner on video, but the middle is where games are decided. The Middle Is Where Goals Come From The vast majority of goals are scored from the “house” — the area between the dots, from the top of the circles to th