Trick plays are hard to come by, because you have to make sure they’re within the rules and have to legitimately trick the opposing team. When I got the opportunity to come up with something, I knew what it had to be.

There’s a famous saying, that whenever you’re out playing your opponents, that you’re “skating circles around them”. Well why don’t we take that, and literally turn it into a trick play. The play is simple, when you’re in the offensive zone, one player simply skates circles around the zone. This leaves him completely free from marking, and can jump into any open space that he sees to be free. That could mean getting a back door pass from the point, could be taking the puck from the D and making a play, but the possibilities are endless. If the other team decides to play man and have someone skate around their own zone, then it’s 4 on 4, and you’ve got tons of open ice. The defensive player is always reactionary, so you can still get away with some clever setups, even with a man chasing.