Forechecking in the game of hockey comes in many forms. Teams can be really aggressive and hunt pucks or take a passive ...

Line: The group of three forwards made up of the center, right wing and left wing. Neutral-zone trap: Checking system used in the neutral zone designed to prevent an attacking team from entering ...

The NHL needs an influx of offense and it's time ... mitigate offense and it’s been exploited in the form of the neutral zone trap for years. On top of defending the net, there’s the war ...

The NHL is more skilled than ever. So, how are the best defenses combatting the high-flying offenses? Let's look at what the ...

Whether it was the "trap" or "neutral zone whatever," New Jersey had the knack ... On the day before Game 1, the NHL sponsored a dual press conference. First, the Red Wings would meet the media ...

The third period saw most of what viewers saw in the first two periods. Struggles to create offence, neutral zone trap, and low-event hockey. The Canucks kept trying to create chances but kept ...

The Hawks' 4-3 loss to the Wild on Monday — on the eve of the NHL's three-day break — marked their eighth straight defeat in ...

Five years before he was the first coach of an expansion team that they named the Minnesota Wild, Jacques Lemaire changed NHL hockey with a frustrating style of defense that came to be known as the ...