Comments on: Bergeron Burns Pronger http://www.coachchic.com/bergeron-burns-pronger/ The place to come for REAL results! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:24:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Dennis Chighisola http://www.coachchic.com/bergeron-burns-pronger/comment-page-1/#comment-1260 Dennis Chighisola Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:40:18 +0000 http://www.coachchic.com/?p=4424#comment-1260 Craig, your Doug Bodger story reminded me... If members want to foster great lateral mobility, they should see (and perfect) my 2-step drill, which can be found in the Intermediate and Advanced "Must-do Skating Drills" videos. I think I should point-out here that there is a major difference between the way young attackers do it versus the way Bergeron (and probably Spezza) put the puck between the legs of a defender... As I'm sure you know, Craig, the basic move is rather straight forward, and it's not very distracting to an experienced defender. However -- at least in the above video, Bergeron forced Pronger to turn, which made it very difficult for that defender to react. Actually, I think a move made while a defender is only partway into a turn or cross-over (or whatever) is as tricky as it gets. Then, about both teams pulling their goalies and succeeding... :) I don't think I ever have seen that happen, either live or on TV. Talk about heart attack time! Craig, your Doug Bodger story reminded me… If members want to foster great lateral mobility, they should see (and perfect) my 2-step drill, which can be found in the Intermediate and Advanced “Must-do Skating Drills” videos.

I think I should point-out here that there is a major difference between the way young attackers do it versus the way Bergeron (and probably Spezza) put the puck between the legs of a defender… As I’m sure you know, Craig, the basic move is rather straight forward, and it’s not very distracting to an experienced defender. However — at least in the above video, Bergeron forced Pronger to turn, which made it very difficult for that defender to react. Actually, I think a move made while a defender is only partway into a turn or cross-over (or whatever) is as tricky as it gets.

Then, about both teams pulling their goalies and succeeding… :) I don’t think I ever have seen that happen, either live or on TV. Talk about heart attack time!

]]> By: Craig Shaw http://www.coachchic.com/bergeron-burns-pronger/comment-page-1/#comment-1259 Craig Shaw Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:28:45 +0000 http://www.coachchic.com/?p=4424#comment-1259 As you point out in one of your early video's for the little guys: it's much more common to put the puck through the legs of a novice hockey player than in the higher levels, but as we see here it still does happen. Jason Spezza scored a beauty on a similar move against Vancouver tonight on a lesser defender. Yes, 1:1 situations are so important to practice. But even for defencemen looking at the crest and not the puck, it's still a tricky play with a player with good lateral movement and speed. some time ago I went 1:1 with Doug Bodger fresh out the bigs and was struck by his ability to effortlessly move side-to-side as I attempted to allude him ... I wisely dumped it in. I had the sensation of being a salmon swimming upstream who was about to get eaten by a grizzly! Totally unrelated topic: Have you ever seen this situation in all of your years in the game coach? My team pulled the goalie and evened the score and then scored another shortly thereafter. The other team then pulled their goalie to try to even the score once again. Both teams pulled their goalies in the same game. I have yet to find anyone who has ever seen this happen before. As you point out in one of your early video’s for the little guys: it’s much more common to put the puck through the legs of a novice hockey player than in the higher levels, but as we see here it still does happen. Jason Spezza scored a beauty on a similar move against Vancouver tonight on a lesser defender. Yes, 1:1 situations are so important to practice. But even for defencemen looking at the crest and not the puck, it’s still a tricky play with a player with good lateral movement and speed. some time ago I went 1:1 with Doug Bodger fresh out the bigs and was struck by his ability to effortlessly move side-to-side as I attempted to allude him … I wisely dumped it in. I had the sensation of being a salmon swimming upstream who was about to get eaten by a grizzly!

Totally unrelated topic: Have you ever seen this situation in all of your years in the game coach? My team pulled the goalie and evened the score and then scored another shortly thereafter. The other team then pulled their goalie to try to even the score once again. Both teams pulled their goalies in the same game. I have yet to find anyone who has ever seen this happen before.

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