Written Task: Hockey

I don't think we see trick plays in the NHL for a few reasons, the first is it's probably too hard to pull off because the game is constantly flowing and evolving in the moment, you can't predict an exact set up from a starting point like you can in football. Yes NHL has a face off, but there's not really much you can do outside the box on that, there's a handful of plays depending on where the face off is that teams try and they can be a little different or geared toward that teams strengths, but nothing I would call a trick play. With the elimination of the 2 line pass a few years back it opened up some exciting plays with guys hanging deep and flipping the puck up to them but I wouldn't call that a trick play really. Also I think the ice is just too small to really pull off anything crazy and the players are too smart and fast and the game is just quick and too hard to predict where the opposing team will be at any given moment. Hockey's pretty amazing as is and while there's different systems and coaching strategies coaches employ I just don't think there's a lot of room or opportunity for trick plays.