2-1-2 Defensive Zone System & Tactics

Rules for 2-1-2 Systems:

• 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

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

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

Power Thoughts:

"Somebody may beat me, but they are going to have to bleed to do it."  -Steve Prefontaine

"A lot of people run a race to see who is fastest. I run to see who has the most guts, who can punish himself into exhausting pace, and then at the end, punish himself even more."
-Steve Prefontaine

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."
-Steve Prefontaine