The Playmaker Report 🚨
Welcome back to the Playmaker Report — your weekly edge on skill development and hockey IQ.
Today we’re giving you two legit difference-makers: a backhand toe-drag that freezes defenders and opens three attacking options, and a modern triangle-attack tactic that turns even a sealed net drive into a high-danger chance inside the dots.
Simple principles. Big payoff.
Let’s get better today.
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📈 Player Development
From: Matt Carey (Instagram)
Matt breaks down the backhand toe drag — a move he picked up training with David Pastrňák, William Nylander, and Erik Karlsson in Sweden.
He leads with a Nylander game clip, then shows how selling shot first freezes a defender and opens up multiple options: a net-drive, a curl, or space creation. Carey demonstrates one example off the rush, but the principle is the same — make them bite, then pick your option.
Bonus Drill from the HPC Community:
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🧠 Hockey IQ
From: Maxim Noreau of Noreau Hockey (Instagram)
Max breaks down a modern scoring tactic: attacking the defender’s exposed triangle to turn a sealed net drive into inside-ice danger.
Learn when the gap opens, how to slip the puck under the stick, and how to turn it into a quick-strike chance.
Bonus Hockey IQ from the HPC Community:
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