How to Score on a Breakaway in Ice Hockey

Video Transcript

"Hey, I'm Tim McKeig of the UNCW Seahawks, and I'm going to show you today how to score on a breakaway. Now a breakaway is when you're one on one with the goaltender, no defense men, you and the goalie. Now your objective is to ultimately score on the goalie. Scoring can be done in many different ways, you can deke or shoot. Some of the things you may want to remember while doing these moves, would be to keep speed going towards the net. You don't want to slow down and give the goalie an opportunity to setup, and know what you're going to do, you want to keep him on his toes, guessing. You don't know if you're going to deke or shoot. Some specific examples of how to score on a breakaway, could be a backhand deke, forehand deke, or a shot. First I'll explain to you the backhand deke. This move can be used during a breakaway, when you think the goalie may be a little bit out of his net, giving you more angle to deke, and maybe go around him. Some strategies you may want to use when coming in is, make sure you stay full speed at the goalie, you don't want to slow down. And sometimes even approaching the goalie at an angle will help. Now like I said, this is the backhand deke. So eventually you're going to want to end up on your backhand for a backhand shot. Some ways to do this would be to deke, which is just like a juke, right to your forehand, back to your backhand, for a backhand shot. This would be considered a backhand deke. Now another thing you may want to do, is a forehand deke, effective just like the backhand deke, except you're going to be taking the shot off of your forehand, which is mostly favored by most players, for better accuracy and power. Some strategies when doing this, would also be to deke to your backhand, bring it to your forehand for your shot. When approaching the goalie, once again, make sure you keep your speed up, your head up, and you don't want to telegraph too much what you're going to be doing, keep the goalie guessing. Now, another approach besides the deke, would be, just to shoot on the goalie. When coming in to shoot, usually you would use this strategy when the goal keeper is further back in his net, giving you more space to shoot at. When coming down, remember, once again, keep your speed, and sometime approaching at an angle does help. When coming in for a shot, you don't want to give the goalie too much indication of what you will be doing, try to keep him guessing once again. Usually a forehand shot would be most effective, and usually a wrist shot or a snap shot would be used rather than a slap shot in this breakaway situation. And those would be some ways to score on a breakaway in ice hockey."