Chapter 5: False Faces

I will use the methods in Chapter 5 to find a way to create a better hockey offense strategy:

1. Assumptions about offensive strategies:
A. The object is to score goals
B. Teams generally run 3 offensive and 2 defensive players
C. Teams usually drive the puck from the defense up to the offense
2. Reversing these assumptions:
A. The object is not to score goals:
B. The team will NOT run 3 offensive and 2 defensive players
C. The team will NOT drive the puck from defense to offense
3. How to accomplish these reversals:
A. The object of this offense is to keep the other team from scoring goals, not to score goals itself
B. This team will run 3 defensive players and 2 offensive players instead of 3 offense and 2 defense.
C. This team will run the puck from the offense back to the defense.
4. Realistic idea based on these reversals: This is a hockey team that has a different strategy than most teams are used to. This offensive strategy will not try to score goals, instead it will focus mostly on not allowing the other team to score. It will accomplish this in a couple ways. First, this team will have 3 defensemen instead of the usual 2 on the ice at a given time. And when the offensive players get a hold of the puck, their job is to run it back to the defensive players who will work hard at keeping it away from the opposing team. This sort of strategy will lead to low scoring games, but it will allow this team to wait for the other team to make mistakes for scoring most of it's goals.