Hard Core Hockey : Essential Skills, Strategies, and Systems from the Sport's Top Coaches

What do recruiters look for? -- Elite skating and stickhandling skills -- Elite goalie skills -- Game skills -- Team systems and strategies -- Special teams : power play and penalty kill -- Coaching ice hockey

“Coach Pecknold has created a

no-gimmicks system for teaching

skills and strategy that gets players

to the next level.”

—George Gwozdecky, head coach of the

University of Denver men’s ice hockey team, and

2005 National Coach of the Year

Hard Core Hockey is an all-in-one guide to playing

high-caliber hockey from a veritable who’s who of

the world’s top coaches. Including advanced skating

and stick-handling techniques, collegiate-level systems,

and effective drills, it features contributions from Ted

Donato, head coach of Harvard University; Frank Serratore,

head coach at the United States Air Force

Academy; and more.

An illustrated guide to the skills and techniques of playing hockey, with advice from some of the top coaches of the game