Offensive Net Presence

We know that a Majority Of Goals Are Scored From In Close, and we want forwards to drive the net with or without the puck. Here is the long list of benefits of having offensive net presence:

• Screening the goalie (often a double screen when their defensmen tries to move you)
• Drawing Penalties / Frustrating their goalie and defensemen
• Scoring Tips / Deflections
• Scoring Rebounds
• Creating space for others, because so much attention is paid to the forward in front of the net.

We want our forward in front of the net to be active - skating away from his check to find space, lifting defenseman's sticks, looking for rebounds/tips. Basically the job is to wreak havoc... standing still in front of their goalie isn't the full job.

Here is a video of some of the Best NHL Deflection Goals. Note how many of these exploit space at the point by Passing Low To High.