The Ice Is Gray

Hockey is a game of gray areas, which is how the clutch and grab style of play is possible. Unfortunately too many hockey coaches think this is how you coach. But at the high school level these teams are incomplete, and as always it is the skill and knowledge of the game that will matter most to a player's future in the game. The goal of a high school player, and that players coach, should be to become a college player. As such skill level is more important for a team rather than playing systems. In this regard playing the trap is the trap. As a player, or the parent of a player, we should all be upfront with coaches who use the gray areas in the hockey rule book to clutch and grab at a few victories.