More on breakouts

These are my notes from the video "Break Out Techniques and Tips" by hockeyus.com

General tips

Open up to the teammate giving you the pass. Do this by doing a forward to backwards transition.

When you catch the pass, keep your feet moving. If you can't catch the pass moving, you need to get rid of the puck fast and make sure you step away from the wall. You need to be away from the wall so you have room to do things. You could chip the puck high off the glass, pass to the center, make a bounce pass, or make a move around a defender.

Don't pass to the center if he/she isn't open. If you are under heavy pressure, catch the puck and protect the puck against the wall. Keep the puck between your feet and put your stick between you and the defenseman.

If the passer isn't ready and you get to the hash marks, you need to stop and wait for the pass.

Breakout on the weak side

1. Skate down the middle of the ice from the point.
2. Do forwards to backwards transition and skate diagonally up towards the hash marks.
3. Catch puck on your backhand.

Or if the pass comes earlier:

1. Skate down the middle of the ice from the point.
2. Do forwards to backwards transition and open up to the passer with your forehand.
3. Catch puck on your forehand.

If you catch the puck on your forehand, you can make a quick bounce pass off the boards.

Breakout on the strong side

1. Skate down the middle of the ice from the point.
2. Do forwards to backwards transition and open up to the passer with your forehand, while skating backwards.
3. Catch puck on your forehand.

In this situation, it's easy to 1) make a touch pass back to the passer, 2) make a bounce pass off your backhand, or 3) make a backhand chip off the glass and out.

If you don't have any pressure on you and you see that defenseman is going to wrap the puck around the glass,

1. Skate down the middle of the ice from the point.
2. Do a hockey turn near the goal line and keep skating forward (no transition).
3. Catch puck on your backhand while moving.