Canada 2-1-2 Overload Defensive Zone Coverage IIHF WC 2012

System : 2-1-2 Overload

• Overload 5 players one side of ice

Tactics

• Always press the puck carrier
• Always Out number the opposition 
• Block the passing lanes

Reads:

• When puck is on boards, overload zone

Keys:

• Early pressure
• Always out number in small area
• Get possession of the puck

Rules:

• Always have pressure on puck carrier
• Finish your checks
• 1st man body, 2nd man puck
• Man, You, Goal
• Body in shooting lane
• Sticks in passing lanes

 Anaheim Ducks executed 2-1-2 Overload Defensive Zone Coverage in 2007 and won the Stanley Cup.