🏆 Playmaker of the Week: Aron Kocsis
High-end deception. Relentless creativity. A 2016-born forward who takes over games shift after shift.
Aron Kocsis recently returned for an international match day with his former coach — one more run with his age group against top Slovak clubs — and he didn’t just show up.
He exploded for 50+ points in four games with only 71 minutes of ice time.
His tape makes it obvious why: top-shelf skating and stickhandling, poise through contact, and a finishing touch that never slows down.
Here are three clips that define his game right now.
1. Fake right → cut left → backhand under-the-stick finish
Aron opens with a filthy misdirection sequence.
He sells a move to his right, snaps left while the defender is backing up, and slides a backhand underneath the defender’s stick to take over the middle lane. Once he wins that interior space, he wastes no time — quick release, under the bar.
It’s not the same pattern Max Noreau breaks down in his Triangle Attack Net Drives piece, but if you want to understand more ways to pressure defenders through the triangle, that breakdown is worth a look.
2. Knee-shield puck protection → falling backdoor assist
Clip two is pure hockey IQ and body control.
Aron drops his right knee into a perfect protection angle, absorbs contact, and still keeps the puck alive as he starts to fall. Most players lose the puck and their vision there — Aron keeps both.
Even from the ice, he threads a perfect backdoor pass for a tap-in. That’s elite poise in chaos.
3. Half-ice takeover → forehand, backhand, deception, touch
Aron also uploaded a full 8-minute reel to the HPC community — less a highlight clip and more a hostile takeover of half-ice hockey.
It’s chance after chance, goal after goal, showing just how consistently he creates offense.
In the video below, we featured six of those goals — a tight sample that still shows the range of his toolkit.
He scores off forehand dekes, backhand finishes, change-of-pace attacks, and quick-touch reads in tight.
It’s a rapid-fire look at why he put up outrageous production during that international match day.
Aron Kocsis isn’t thriving by accident — he’s consistently creating advantages, playing through contact, and attacking defenders with layered deception. For a 2016-born forward, his ability to manipulate pressure and finish in multiple ways stands out immediately.
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