Winger Breakout Skills

This video shows numerous examples of the skills needed by wingers in order to breakout of your own end. Turnovers can be deadly in this area, having your players have these tools in the toolbox will help them breakout no matter what kind of forecheck the other team is using. Players must be able to read pressure and apply the appropriate skill.

[@jaydrfish]

This guy has a great teaching voice, and a clear, uncomplicated way of explaining multi-faceted issues. Thank you so much!

[@jerrysmith9780]

My son plays left wing in Bantam AA and was really bummed after his game last night because the D kept pinching and he couldn`t get the puck out of the zone. After watching this video, I KNOW I can help him, even if it`s to give him the confidence to remind his centre to support him low as a passing option or to ask his coach about what the plan is when D are pinching on him. Thanks man....you are such an amazing asset to hockey. My son and I will watch this video together after he comes home from school this afternoon.

[@eliteicehockeyanalysisnorc1824]

Glad to hear you found some value in this Jerry, let me know how your son adapts and what solutions he (or his coach) finds most useful to overcome the pinching D.

[@ChrisKopecMLO]

Great video with many helpful examples. Thanks.

[@ahbroody]

Great video. My kid has always played center but this year the coach has him as wing. He has struggled at times breaking out. This will help a lot

[@larsandersson5974]

Awesome! Hugely appreciated. Would love to see more of this, centers d-man etc.

[@gregprice6264]

Awesome video. I had several questions about the breakout and you answered each one! Keep 'em coming!

[@Simon-xu1qt]

Thanks this helps a lot. It feels like groundhog day as yet another puck comes rimming around the board to me on the wing just above the circles. I will try these techniques to see if I can get it past the D more often, as right now it gets stuck so often.

[@marcplatapus8676]

Thanks great help… I’m center trying to learn wing and it really helped me getting used to being on the boards.

[@TMBfan]

Thanks so much for this video. This is my first year playing hockey and I've played center the whole time, got thrown on wing tonight and I had no real idea of what to be doing along the boards.

[@calvinotos8288]

Thanks for the vid, I am a 2nd year bantam. I’m not on the beat team but at about 5:11 into the video he talks about a problem that really apples to me. You really know what your talking about, this helped me a lot with decision making

[@Jaymsie.]

Thank you so much for this. I was looking for a video about playing left wing as a righty. Saw some but they were not detailed enough, or left out some important things. It’s hard to get the whole picture when someone’s video is just about generalities. Your video was filled with applicable detail for breaking out and I really appreciate it. Thx again.

[@wecomeinpeace5082]

Great breakdown. Thank you

[@W.Holden.6]

Playing my first year of higher level hockey and got switched from center to wing. This helps so much, thanks!

[@eliteicehockeyanalysisnorc1824]

William Holden you’re welcome, thanks for the message

[@gregweiss6722]

This helped a lot for my son,thanks man

[@DOMINATOREDWING]

This will be my first year playing ice hockey. Thx for taking the time to make this video. I learned a lot

[@rosscallahan8108]

Do you still play hockey?

[@mhicaoidh1]

Great video. My beer league teams can learn a lot from these excellent breakdowns. We come out with speed, and we're fine. We can't do that consistently though ... so, when we are rimming or chipping the puck out, it's always a turn over in the neutral zone and the play is coming right back at us. You're breakdowns here were an "aha!" moment for me as you talk about the weak side wing, and how they can help, for example, when a puck is rimmed to the other side. I realize I need to get moving to that side to get those pucks the other winger chips past their D when our center is caught low.

[@angelanikasurjik1527]

excellent video, thank you

[@Igor_22]

Cool video with drill! I ll be very grateful if u let me know what program do u use! thank u!

[@nicklamia1456]

Really struggling finding good software like you are using for my son’s videos... Can you please let me know what you are using? Thank you!

[@Onebrunette2015]

I play right wing in a D league so this video was very helpful! Headed to watch your other videos.

[@braydenramsden5671]

Great video helped me a lot

[@lylenagy5776]

Thanks for the analysis! great work!

[@crushingalldeceivers]

Great video, I was switched to wing from center and have felt a bit lost out there.

[@jamesgronau4538]

Really good synopsis

[@StackFREAK11]

This is gonna help me out so much thanks man keep the content coming.

[@eliteicehockeyanalysisnorc1824]

StackFREAK11 glad you found it useful

[@friggo3869]

This was also pretty useful for me, haven’t had hockey in months and this was a good refresher

[@motherselllukas549]

The past two years I have been playing left defence and before that I played centre my coach just moved me back up to forward this time as a winger I was confused at first but this really helped thanks

[@carletonmath8561]

I really like the Red Wings zone exit at 8:12. Is that the best way to breakout against pinching defense in you opinion?

[@HeyStripes]

so many giveaways... good breakdown!

[@MicBergsma]

Can you turn CC on please, thanks!

[@jamievillard5102]

Thanks a lot!

[@terryeades745]

Great video

[@Reaction1s]

I have to say, you explained @3:25, what I've been telling benders for years, "heads down" hockey(caveat - at better levels) is NOT a sign of weakness but playability. Our eye sight allows about 110 degrees of binocular vision, everything else is singular, granular and recognizeable only by reps. Players DO have responsibility to recognize vulnerable situations AND NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE....

[@vertigo91na]

Thanks!

[@dgrowhydro.2766]

I play wing for beer league. I am right handed and have to play on my off hand side and force to take pass on the back had this will help alot ty.

[@nicholaswesley8680]

Good video

[@rustinroy9911]

How do you flip the puck up on over from a rim pass?

[@eliteicehockeyanalysisnorc1824]

I am guessing your are talking about the rim to half wall play...When skating towards the rimmed puck you have to use your stick like a pitching wedge, you almost have to "pinch" the puck to get it up and over the D man. High skill play but do able for elite level players 14 years old and above.

[@duckavic4411]

Looking at this video for Highschool tryouts

[@nazyak0]

It is fine to swing lower as a winger on a breakout to get more time and space to make a better play?

[@eliteicehockeyanalysisnorc1824]

No right or wrong on this one, if they have a “high guy” or F3 in place and you swing low as a winger…now you will be confronted by that F3 and they will still have a defenseman above you. Essentially the lower you come the more checks or layers you’ll have to fight through. If you have really good support structure/exit strategy you can still being wingers low. It’s easiest to go back and look at the video and sort through these scenarios and see who’s making the check on winners if you’re having trouble getting out of the zone

[@WiseTeddy91]

Good to learn aboot this eh

[@qiranwang]

What is the half-wall?

[@eliteicehockeyanalysisnorc1824]

That’s just a slang term for the area between the hash marks and top of the circles. The general area a winger plays on the breakout. You will also hear used when people are talking about the power-play, there’s usually one player in that area who will distribute the puck down low or up to the D

[@fdyhdfhy]

I’m gonna show my beer team this video to shut them all up. They always get mad at me for being the guy to do exactly what this video teaches. Be the pivot guy. On a breakout we need everyone. Not just that single forward. They expect that winger to always be cutting toward Center ice or driving down the boards. NO. That’s not correct hockey. This breakout step is the most crucial yet so many people just drive it down the boards. TAKE A LOOK HAHAHAHAHA

[@NYESOX]

My beer team always wants long ass passes up the boreds from the D and have the winger take it in. I keep telling them it's about making match ups and winning those match ups. They think transition is just a hail mary into the zone. I'm going to keep pushing this stuff though.

[@kylesil5959]

Lol

[@ronnieman9827]

9:51

[@draydenjames3039]

Thank you 🙏 lol

[@finleycolgan4757]

Hello

[@friggo3869]

Me trying to remember what the hell I’m meant to be doing after not playing though 2020

[@diehardredwingsfan9540]

6:28

[@knlgoalhorns6802]

im watching this before the scrimmage part of my PeeWee tryouts

[@wyattsavoie8103]

Good luck

[@extremedangles1995]

1:15 clicks a button 10 times ( nothing happens) but still is a good vid