Средняя зона. Атакующие действия CREATING OFFENSE THROUGH AND IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE Offensive attacks can move through the neutral zone after a successful breakout or can be started in the neutral zone after a turnover and transition. In each instance, the puck carrier needs support (a player or players to pass to), and the attack itself needs speed, width, and, increasingly, depth to be successful. Teams can’t always expect to break out of their zones with the three forwards skating in distinct lanes, trailed by the defense. This may be how we draw it up at practice, but games are rarely that structured. Battles in the defensive zone often lead to weak-side support coming across the zone to help, leaving the other side of the ice empty. Aggressive neutral zone defenses force the attack to one side of the ice or the other. In the face of these realities, offensive attacks often need defensemen to jump up into those open areas and help provide the desired width of the attack. The depth factor comes when the offensive attack gets the puck into the zone, either by a player carrying the puck in or by quick puck movement (passing). As defenders focus on this first wave of the attack, the puck carrier should be able to pick up one or more trailing teammates entering the zone to complete the attack.
These opportunities aren’t always going to be there, as indicated by
the increasingly effective use of passive or trapping defenses in the neutral
zone. As a result, teams need to develop specific dump-in strategies.
Some coaches like to rim the puck around the boards. Others prefer a
cross-corner dump-in. Still others like to put the puck directly on goal.
Your choice will depend on what you know about your own strengths and
perhaps your opponent’s weaknesses. If, for example, the opposing goalie
doesn’t handle the puck well, make him handle it.
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