ADVANCED (10 MIN)

• Start with 2 lines of outlet players and 2 lines of offensive players, on their proper floor sides; outlets on both sides of the crease in one end and offenders against the boards near the shooter position, in opposite ends of the floor.  This drill requires twice as many outlet players (presumably defenders) as offensive players, so some offensive specialists might have to play defense in order for the drill to flow properly.

• The first two outlets from one side of the floor should run out to the crease and shooter positions respectively, with a coach initiating the 2-player breakout with a shot into the goaltenders stick.  Both outlets run to their "Breakout" positions, with goaltenders having the option to hit either the high or low outlet with a pass.  

• As soon as either outlet has cleared the defensive zone with the ball, an offensive player from the far-side should come off of the bench, cut through the middle and then "waterfall" (curl in the corner) back up to the shooter position. 

• The two outlets run up along the boards "in twos," running the ball deep, with the ball carrier getting to the mid-boards and then passing the ball to their outlet partner who should be standing as a safety near the restraining line.    

• This "trailing" outlet passes the ball to the offensive player who takes set-shot from the shooter position (Shot #1), at which point the passer cuts through the middle (give-and-go) and receives a pass from a coach (Shot #2), and lastly the player who ran the ball deep receives a pass from a coach on a back-door cut (Shot #3).  This drill alternates from side-to-side each rep, with two new outlets entering the drill preemptively on the opposite side of the floor, and an opposite-handed offender ready in the far-end (Variation #1 - as shown in the diagram).  

• This drill can also be run with offensive players on both benches and defenders in both end, alternating from one end to the other (Variation #2 - not shown in the diagram).