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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

4 years

Master Thread Chain For all the Twitter threads I put up here

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

3 months

2024 Development camps are wrapping up… what did we see this year? Some are great. Some a garbage. I’ll let you decide which are which. First up… Ducks defending without a stick. Focus on body positioning during 1v1.

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@CoachRevak

1 year

Fascinating Marner puck reception on that goalie pass.

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@CoachRevak

2 years

Watch their chest. Not the puck.

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2 years

Don’t cheat… Watch without the volume. Who are the two “defensemen” on the ice for Buffalo? (In white uniforms) This is modern hockey.

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@CoachRevak

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Watch Bedard’s eyes. Doesn’t just scan in front of him. Scans behind and takes everything in. He’s able to calculate all the plays and choose.

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@CoachRevak

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The average NHL Player began skating and playing hockey after 4-years old & did not specialize until after the age of 14 The age of specialization most often provided by Players was 16 (mode) Source: 2018 NHL/NHLPA survey (more 👇 below)

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@CoachRevak

10 months

Much respect. Could’ve pouted after being benched.

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@CoachRevak

2 years

Dumps are overrated. Got a poor look? Circle back to catch the D flat footed with your second layer.

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@CoachRevak

2 years

2x all star. Size in goalies is great, but skating matters most. My argument:

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@CoachRevak

3 months

NHLers play games in small spaces all the time. You can’t help but laugh at the stupidity when 8U plays full ice.

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@CoachRevak

1 year

Penguins development camp never disappoints. 3 teams, 2 nets, and an opportunity to challenge the players. Awesome. Credit to @DannyShireyPGH for grabbing footage for us.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

4 months

This is how an undersized D can make it in the NHL. Position before possession

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Fastest skater in the AHL all star game with sub-13 seconds. Wow. Look at that skate tongue flop! He’s got great ankle flexion. True ankle bender.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

10 months

Filthy bank pass alert 🚨

Hockey Daily 365 l NHL Highlights & News

@HockeyDaily365

10 months

Adam Fantilli buries Gaudreau's nifty back boards bank pass, giving Columbus the lead in the first! #CBJ

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Lose a puck? Stop immediately rather than curl away. Yes it’s more effort. But good hockey isn’t easy! Most player curl away and slowly start to track back. Not Tage Thompson Another great detail as to why Tage has made the leap to an elite level:

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

4 years

Something you’ll notice about Tampa that no one in the NHL has yet to copy No net front presence/screen You’ll often hear coaches talking about creating traffic, but TB rarely has any All 4 players off the puck are passing options. I love it. This will be copied by other clubs

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

4 years

Nathan Mackinnon is the definition of a new aged skater It’s all in the crossovers = 9 crossovers to 2 forward strides Constantly changes angles and efficiently picks up and maintains speed

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

10 months

This is why coaches have the rule that you don’t shoot high off the rush from outside the dots… #FreeBreakOut #Transition #Breakways

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Tage Thompson went from struggling AHL player and now is NHL superstar He didnt feel bad for himself, day-to-day he kept working behind the scenes. Great self evaluation and habits lead to success:

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@CoachRevak

1 year

Damn beautiful by Dahlin on the surf. Rush attack killed early and forced into dump/turnover. Great eye @SabresPlays !

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

5 months

This pause/hitch before the release is absolutely nasty in the highest sense. Too many shooters rush to their release.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

3 years

Crosby is so easy to play with. He makes it ridiculously easy on his teammates “Don’t worry about looking for me. You can carry the mail coast to coast, alright?… I’ll read off of you” Takes pressure off + will read/react to your style. Awesome

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

3 months

Grown adult aspiring professionals at work:

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@CoachRevak

5 years

Rasmus Dahlin playing in the NHL like he’s an adult league all star. Little bounce off the board then toe drag shot.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Adam Fox goes back for a loose puck. First thing he does?!? Scan 3 times - To maximum amount of ice first - 2 checks to ensure the situation is unfolding as expected He then skates back hard to get his eyes up ice quickly and make a great pass for an eventual assist

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

5 months

Need some summer training ideas Here is Jack Hughes training as a youth player:

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

8 months

If you’ve been around youth hockey, you know that the kids don’t talk enough. The higher level of play, the more communication between players. Example:

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

11 months

Shooting in stride. Goalie never knew when it was going to be released. Most shooters stop skating and tip their hand that a shot is incoming.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

10 months

Anyone tracking faceoff % in the NCAA? Gotta imagine North Dakota is up there. Lots of tricks and solid fundamentals from what I’ve seen. Here’s 4 looks at a few things their centers do:

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Gretzky and the Soviets used the gain the blueline on an entry and completely exit the zone to find better looks + speed differentials. Gorgeous.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

11 months

Bergeron retires then this Poitras kid comes in the following season. Come on.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

9 months

IIHF rules… must make a play on the puck. This is a penalty all day in IIHF eyes.

Heatdaddy

@heatdaddy69420

9 months

5 and a game for a clean hockey hit. Unbelievable

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@CoachRevak

3 months

Kraken continuous 1v1 with priority of middle ice attack

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@CoachRevak

2 years

Watch the chest. Not the puck.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Mike Tomlin of the @steelers is one of the great leaders of the world Authentic, open, caring, honest, positive, etc. Great talk about what goes into creating a great day… active participation from all to create an environment and raise the floor

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Angling babbbbyyyyyy

TSN 1200

@TSN1200

2 years

Senators Development Camp is underway at the Bell Sensplex.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

3 months

What makes this (Panthers) team special? “It’s the way they treat each other. They love each other. Starts with Barkov (the captain) and it filters down.” 9 new players in the off-season then 2 at the deadline. Foundation of respect and care.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

3 months

Avs 2v2 continuous from corner. Shot or lost puck the O become D against two new O from corners. Attackers need to go him to at least the elbows before turning to attack.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

11 months

Ahhhh the good stuff. Solid D-to-D pass.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

3 months

Two great pieces here 1) Position before possession. 2) Eliminate freedom of movement. More details below 🤙🏼👇

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Tons of development camps going Fire up your livebarn and travel around to check em out Here a thread to get a little insight to different organizations 🧵 👇

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

3 months

Cooper Kupp shares his mentality of earning everything. Really cool.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

9 months

Bill Belichick is a master at strategy. His guiding principle is Sun Tzu, “Attack weakness, Utilize strengths” You can’t win a war by digging a hole. Must attack.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

6 months

This is what it looks like when your best player understands they aren’t competing to be the best player in their team, but rather best player in the ice, period.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

3 years

This is a great message for all to hear

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Added two clips to my video library from last night. Here they are and some elements I love 1) McDavid’s center support route. - taking back ice - low and slow (patience) - underneath the winger - linear crossovers - working the dot lane - left hander’s cheat code shot

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@CoachRevak

1 year

The first player to react off the wall gets rewarded.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Middle zone entries are the best. “F1 take it wide” is out of date hockey talk.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

1 year

The puck moves first. Puck-centric skating development will become the main way we do things in the future. Top coaches like Paul are already doing it.

Paul Matheson

@Paul__Matheson

1 year

Puck placement through tight turns and escapes can make a huge difference to the skating of the turn as well as the overall puck control. Here's @colebeaudoin11 from the @OHLBarrieColts showing how to touch the puck to the area where the skating can pick it back up cleanly. 1/2

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@CoachRevak

2 years

That forecheck 👀 Malgin 5’9” 180lbs Dumoulin 6’4” 205lbs Prime example of “playing big” = initiating contact

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

1 year

Being able to take puck off the wall and get to the middle is the key winger skill. Might be a future Hockey IQ newsletter already in the hopper on this… #July2nd

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Crosby to Guentzel goal, broken down in to 3 parts A) 2v2 as two separate 1v1s 1v1s in the NHL are below 10% successful. Even lower without speed differentials Crosby and Guentzel search for a solution 👇

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Buffalo Sabre culture is pretty special - Players being excited for each other rather than feeling threatened - Those further along mentor those behind them on the path Everyone talks about their team being a family… This is what a team family actually looks like in action

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

1 year

COACHING HACK Pair young/new players with older/returning players as partners or linemates. - Everybody learns to play with everyone. - Less coaching from the staff. - Improved communication. Develop leadership and relationships. Mentors for the new arrivals + young players.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

6 months

Just because you’re standing next to an opponent doesn’t mean you’re guarding them. Example #1

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Dom Granato was Tage’s coach at the USNTDP. Tage Thompson was a 3rd/4th line player while there who didnt see much PP time. Just because he wasn’t the best then didn’t mean he wasn’t going to be better later. Here are the conversations Don had with Tage:

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

4 years

Tag is a great way to pump fun, agility, edges, and more into practice Here is team USA playing tag leading up to WJC

USA Hockey

@usahockey

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Tag, you’re it! #USAWJC

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@CoachRevak

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Great use of open hip/mohawk skating to get great body orientation allowing for maximum vision. Tage giving great example.

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

They call behind the net, “Gretzky’s office” for a reason…

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@CoachRevak

10 months

What a strip and toe drag by McJesus.

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@CoachRevak

11 months

Dear defenders, Having your stick in the air is a poor habit. Please put your stick blade on the ice. Love, @coachrevak

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Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

1 year

Bedard has elite body orientation. He’s so good at seeing the most & best ice. The way he orients his body within the arena is so impressive. Two ✌️ moments to notice: 1) Shoulders up ice upon reception. 2) Open up to middle on zone entry.

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@CoachRevak

11 months

RIP Bob Knight. I always love this clip on motivation.

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@CoachRevak

2 years

Connor McDavid is the definition of a new aged skater It’s all in the crossovers = 7 crossovers to 0 forward strides (+ some glide time) Constantly changes angles and efficiently picks up and maintains speed #McJesus

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@CoachRevak

9 months

“Siri, what is an example of wiring a puck?” Answer: TAGE THOMPSON #LetsGoBuffalo

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@CoachRevak

10 months

Switching handedness on faceoffs for centers on their weak side has the Rangers #1 in faceoff %

NHL Network

@NHLNetwork

10 months

There's a reason the @NYRangers have been so good at the faceoff dot this season. @LindsayBHockey breaks it down for us. @SteveGelbs | #NYR

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@CoachRevak

8 months

Posture on the shot is elite.

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@CoachRevak

2 years

Winger film clip: - 3 scans / shoulder checks to pull in information - Reads minimal pressure and skates inside the dots - Deception to save ice and make the defender equivalent to a cone - Shooting low over the pad against the grain

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@CoachRevak

5 months

Underhandle

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@CoachRevak

3 years

This goal is text book for teaching a mental hockey framework. Passing beyond an opponent and/or drawing players to you. Always taking a piece off the chessboard 5v4 —> 4v3 —> 3v2 —> 2v1 —> 1v0 —> Goal

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@CoachRevak

1 year

Warmup with decent amount of puck touches.

Sam Stockton

@_samstockton

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Finland’s session is under way with some NZ passing rotations into a shot in transition

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@CoachRevak

2 years

Sweden + Finland don’t go full ice until U13 Can we get rid of U10 full ice games/tournaments in North America?

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@CoachRevak

3 years

A big difference between amateur vs pro (or youth vs college/junior) Amateur hockey players worry about the pass being open then worry about getting speed Pro hockey players worry about gaining speed and space first. They assume the pass will find them

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@CoachRevak

3 years

Scrimmage at practice where dumps aren’t allowed and you can only change when your team has possession If you’re feeling crazy, only allow backwards passes Fascinating results follow

Jack Han

@JhanHky

3 years

From yesterday: A three-step plan to building an above-average NHL team, from scratch

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@CoachRevak

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Liljegren showing off my 2-step rule Rather than panic and throw away the puck… take two steps to open space and see where /if there is open space to play towards

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@CoachRevak

1 year

Hard tape-to-tape passes are overrated. 1) Chip to space 2) Area pass 3) Bank pass off the wall 4) Slip pass under D’s triangle

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@CoachRevak

11 months

This was filthy

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@CoachRevak

3 months

Interesting.

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@CoachRevak

2 years

I’m sick of seeing defender simply absorb the play. Great defensemen are in the mindset of killing the play early before it gets going

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@CoachRevak

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Adam Fantilli is big win for Columbus. He congratulated both Bedard and Carlsson as they got picked. 0:53 in this video. Good dudes only at @umichhockey

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@CoachRevak

3 years

You can’t do this up by sitting back on your blueline

Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

3 years

A common tactic from @UMassHockey last few years… shortening the zone Rarely do you see their defensemen sitting and waiting at the blueline in the OZ Instead, they are getting low in the zone, especially the strong side D

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Best piece of hockey advice dad gave me “Make it so when they look up to pass you’re the first person they see” I wrote about some of my tactics:

Puck Acquisition: Strategies for More & Better Puck Touches

The best hockey advice my dad ever gave me. Strategies to get more passes via great routes

hockeysarsenal.substack.com

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@CoachRevak

3 months

I always find it humorous how players tend to shoot from angles goalie practice all the time. Maybe try to do the opposite of what the goalie may consistently work on? Eg. Avoid shooting from the exact middle of the net

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@CoachRevak

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Avs D specific work Catch middle 2x then go outside tires to make pass. Finish up with retrieval and quick gap up.

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@CoachRevak

2 years

How many of your centers skate through the middle of their own goalie’s crease on the breakout?

Greg Revak, CFP®

@CoachRevak

2 years

Added two clips to my video library from last night. Here they are and some elements I love 1) McDavid’s center support route. - taking back ice - low and slow (patience) - underneath the winger - linear crossovers - working the dot lane - left hander’s cheat code shot

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@CoachRevak

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Auston Matthew’s is the definition of a modern hockey skater It’s all in the crossovers = 8 crossovers to 1 forward strides Constantly changes angles, shields the puck, efficiently picks up and maintains speed Linear crossovers are very effective

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@CoachRevak

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Crosby shootout route. Doesn’t even come close to skating at the goalie. Elite.

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@CoachRevak

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“Every battle is won before it is fought” - Sun Tzu Initiating the contact is a competitive advantage. You don’t need to be big to play big.

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@CoachRevak

2 years

Sweet clip Mic’d up gives an inside view between @colecaufield + @StrideEnvy working through opening the 5-hole via puck positioning

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@CoachRevak

2 years

First, stick on puck. Second, body on body.

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@CoachRevak

3 years

Nice little clip with Cole Caufield and Martin St Louis on the bench Caufield asks a question and Martin talks through the read and what Caufield needs to manage Awesome! They were talking about puck acquisition, elongating a passing window, and catching the puck with speed

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@CoachRevak

1 year

NHL Development camps for 2023 are underway! This is a master thread to look at the happenings around the NHL. I’ll update this as development camps take place of the next week. Let’s start off with a great mentality for Kevyn Adams:

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Follow a forward. Choose a different one each time.

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@CoachRevak

3 years

I love D to D passes

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@CoachRevak

3 years

Checking doesn’t mean you have to take someone’s head off or shock the puck free Many federations like ⁦ @usahockey ⁩ are preaching competitive contact that focuses on body positioning & the puck Less injuries & better puck acquisition Example:

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Owning the puck line, initiating contact, and controlling opponents speed is a great way to stay safe.

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@CoachRevak

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This is how an undersized D can make it in the NHL. Position before possession

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Boston Bruins finished 2022-23 with the best regular season in NHL history. How’d they do it? What’d new HC Jim Montgomery (JM) bring? 🧵🧶 Thread🧵🪡 Hint: - Kept the defense. League low of 27.01 shots against per 60 at 5v5 the prior season - Altered the offense + transition

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Jack Hughes is…