With hockey seasons getting underway, we’re fired up for what’s ahead inside Hockey Players Club.

We’re also making a few small changes to the Playmaker Report this season — including a weekly poll and a tighter focus on the best coaching, development, and member content from across the community.

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📈 Learn: Connect skating, puck skills, and deception into attack.

🏆 Celebrate: Tirumal Rao’s journey from first reps to first goals.

⭐ Watch: A 1-on-2 finish, stick-flex breakdown, and a Jack Hughes summer skate.

📊 Vote: Where is your season right now?

Brandon Rubeo
Skills Coach & Co-Founder of Quest Hockey

This drill connects several skating and puck skills into one continuous sequence.

The player moves from forward acceleration into a backward pivot and crossovers, escapes to collect a puck, then transitions back into forward crossovers before attacking the net.

Along the way, they’re working on smooth transitions, soft puck touches, deception and finishing with a pull-in shot to change the shooting angle.

The challenge is connecting each skill without losing speed or control — then transitioning immediately into attack.

Celebrating a player whose development, effort, and highlights stood out this week.

Tirumal Rao
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One of the coolest parts of building a hockey profile isn’t just showing where your game is today. It’s being able to look back and see how far you’ve come.

Tirumal Rao’s profile does exactly that.

Some of his earliest posts show him working on the basics — his stride, crossovers and skating. Then comes a milestone every hockey player remembers: his first goal.

Since then, he’s continued adding goals, skills work and scrimmage clips as his game develops.

It’s a great example of what Hockey Players Club should be: a place to document your hockey journey, keep learning and share your progress — whether you’re just getting started or have been playing the game your entire life.

More standout work from across the HPC community this week.

Adrian Holm — Turns a 1-on-2 into a Goal →
Adrian attacks through the neutral zone, beats the first defender, and finishes the rush himself.

Tim Turk — Understand Where Your Stick Flexes →
Tim breaks down how the shaft flexes and why learning to feel flex points can improve your understanding of the shot.

Jake O’Brien — Inside a Summer Skate With Jack Hughes →
Jake takes us inside a summer skills skate with Jack Hughes through a slick edit featuring skills, shots, and finishes.

Show the hockey world what you’re working on.

Upload a highlight, training clip, drill, or coaching insight to your free Hockey Players Club profile.

Every week, we feature standout members from across the community.