The Playmaker Report 🚨
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📈 Learn: Build confidence on your outside edges so you can stay balanced and react when the play changes.
🌟 Watch: A goal from the knees, a shorthanded rush, and two goals to open the season.
📊 Vote: Which skating skill are you most focused on improving right now?
📈 Featured Coaching
Build Outside Edge Confidence
Jonathan Larsson
Rögle BK Coach & Read & Act Player Development
Your outside edges show up everywhere—from tight turns and crossovers to stopping, starting, and changing direction under pressure. The more comfortable you are on them, the more options you have when a play changes.
Jonathan Larsson’s drill challenges players on one leg at a time. That isolates the outside edge and tests their balance before they cross over and transition to the other foot.
Start with controlled reps, then build speed and intensity as the movement gets more comfortable. The goal is to trust your edges when you need to react in a game.
🌟 Member Spotlights
More standout work from across the HPC community this week.
Daniel Laing →
Battles for a loose puck off the faceoff and stays with the play, scoring as he drops to his knees.
Jake Brothers →
Forces a turnover on the penalty kill, moves the puck to a teammate, then joins the rush and finishes on the backhand.
Reed Nichol →
After putting in work on the ice all summer, Reed scores two goals from a distance in his first scrimmage.
📊 Poll
Which skating skill do you most want to improve right now?
Last week’s poll: Who protects the puck best in the NHL?
Sidney Crosby collected 71% of last week’s poll votes
ICYMI: Logan Stankoven Interview
We launched Becoming a Playmaker on Sunday with Logan Stankoven. In each edition, we ask five questions of top players, coaches, and advisors to help the next generation learn from their journeys.
🎯 Your Turn.
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Every week, we feature standout members from across the community.
