I love playing hockey. It is one of the simple pleasures in life I get away from my family (wife, kids) and work. My team, however, is suffering from a serious drought of goal scoring. Now, the problem was that I wasn’t exactly stopping the puck (5 and 2 goals for the first two games, respectively). Now, the problem is that we cannot score (2 and 0 goals, respectively).
One problem is that the team has had a lack of defensive players. Now, by itself that does not cause goals not to be scored, but it does when the play is mostly in your end and the puck cannot be cleared. So, defensemen are key in getting the puck out and allowing scoring chances in the other end. The play, when in the other end, gets set up by defensemen helping allow the forwards to collapse on the net and provide support to pucks coming up the wings toward the blue-line. When the puck approaches, good defensemen can “pinch-in” and get the puck deeper in the offensive end, again allowing for scoring chances down-low (near the goalie). Lastly, good defensemen can cause good scoring opportunities by taking strong shots from the “point” or the blue-line. These have a high degree of effectiveness due to tip-in, redirect chances, and rebounds.
So, anyone who lives in area that wants to help us out, please let me know! We are desperate for some blue line help!
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