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New Flyers coach Rick Tocchet begins to set the tone in the defensive zone: ‘We want to be aggressive’

Zone defense, generally speaking, is about players covering a specific area and having to release and re-engage constantly with opponents who come into their zone. Although this was a similar style ...
The Hockey Writers

Denton Mateychuk: The Final Piece to the Blue Jackets’ Defensive Scheme

The Columbus Blue Jackets early season success has been due to their successful defensive effort, highlighted so far by ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Breaking down the Blackhawks' aggressive new defensive systems under Jeff Blashill

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The New York Times

Bruins systems check: Explaining new D scheme, 4-righty PP, hybrid-diamond PK

BOSTON — Marco Sturm knows all about defensive layers. As a player, the former Boston Bruin executed then-coach Claude Julien’s box-plus-one system. The left wing was often first in a series of ...
The Gazette

Josh Manson makes ‘uncomfortable’ adjustment to give Avalanche a giant defensive pair

FILE - Colorado Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson (42) in the second period of Game 6 of an NHL first-round hockey playoff series Thursday, May 1, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) As ...