NZ Forecheck: Return of the 1-1-3
When I worked in the Toronto Maple Leafs organization from 2017-20, both the NHL’s Leafs and the AHL’s Marlies played a fairly aggressive 1-2-2 neutral-zone forecheck.
The idea behind this scheme is to have all five players up-ice to force icings, offsides and turnovers instead of letting the opposition carry the puck acr…
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