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Cycle Defense
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Skill: Area passing and timing, skating, shooting, and puck handling
Purpose: Creating 2 on 1 situations in Defensive corners. Cycling the puck and timing passes
Directions: Skaters form 2 lines at center ice. At the directions of the leader the D1 carries the puck to the goal. D2 supports D1 and initially covers the net while reading the puck handler. The puck handler can:
Variations: Add a 3rd line to soft pressure the strong side D
