As the season is winding down, the coaching staff of the San Francisco Pride has to start getting creative with their drills during training sessions, since the players have pretty much seen it all at this point in February. A week ago, they had the defensemen lined up as centers, assuming their responsibilities in the offensive zone, and vice versa - hoping for both set of players to get a better sense of when to double-team an opposing center during games, and when to call for help. This time, every winger gets a 5 minute session with one of the two goalies, in an exercise in rebound control for the netminder, and in reaction check for the wingers that go in front of the net. The first half of the drill is designed to have the goalie send his rebounds to the corner of the ice, with the winger sending consecutive shots - first one low, second one high. In the second half, the goalie is asked to send his rebounds directly in front of himself, and let the shot-taker collect their rebound in order for them to try and score on him. Levin was paired up with starting goalie Walter Sobchak, and he was highly competitive during those 5 minutes, letting Levin score only a handful of time, robbing him blind on a couple of occasions. In order to keep up with his point-per-game pace, Schattenaxt feels like these are the kinds of drills that will help him in the near future, as the playoffs are now firmly on the horizon.

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