Today's practice had the forwards in one rink focusing on puck protection drills, while the defensemen and goalies were in the other rink getting some individualized instruction.
The forwards started with a drill where they had to skate with the puck in a figure 8 around 2 other players standing in the faceoff circle. The standing players would take a couple pokes at the puck and the skater had to keep possession while executing tight turns, then get a shot off on net. Puck protection and skating/edge work was the predominant focus. The defensemen worked on 1 on 1 puck possession battles in the other rink while the goalies got the opportunity to work with the goalies coaches at the other end of the rink.