Option 2

What would I want defensemen to do? Well that's easily answered! They could learn the martial sciences as taught to Frank Dux (portrayed by Jean Claude Van Damme in the greatest film of all time Bloodsport) and bring those skills to the ice! In the same manner used to defeat Chong Li in the Kumite, so could the defensemen of our great organization bring the pain to our enemies! We could defeat them! We could throw sand in their eyes! Yes, I know Chong Li did that to Frank Dux but it could work! Now you may be thinking, "hey dum dum! There's no sand! We play on ice!" To which I reply, "Hey, bigger dum dum! We bring the sand! They'll never expect it!" Then, much as Frank Dux, our defensemen could do the splits, punch our enemies in the junk! Now, to that you might say "you'll be ejected!?" To which I say, our defensemen can still have children unlike our enemies!