London's OZ Faceoff Variation

Give the opposing team something to think about with one small change

When I coached in the AHL with the Toronto Marlies, one of our divisional rivals ran six different offensive-zone faceoff plays. I thought it was too many. We only had two.

Did we leave a handful of goals on the table during the course of a season? Perhaps. But we also saved practice and meeting time by being minimalistic. Faceoffs are a low-frequency, l…