Archive for February 2025
Getting Open: 4 Tips from an NHL Skills Coach
As great as Wayne Gretzky was, he wouldn’t have broken any records without teammates that had the ability to get open for one of his tape-to-tape passes or find him maneuvering his way through open windows to get himself into shooting position near the soon-to-be helpless netminder. “Getting open” is one of the more underrated…
Read MoreSharks prospect Cam Lund is ‘always a threat’ on the ice — and he’s on the rise
Paul Vincent has worked as a skills and skating coach in hockey for more than four decades, pioneering the role at Boston College and RPI, and eventually bringing it to the NHL with the Lightning, Panthers, Bruins and Blackhawks. His clients have included everyone from Tony Amonte and Adam Oates (who lived with him for three summers) to…
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