2007-03-24 03:57:03 · 10 answers · asked by mike 1 in Sports ➔ Hockey
It means you know how to play the game.
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2007-03-28 02:22:45 · answer #1 · answered by jujubah_01 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will give good examples of that. If you saw the Penguins game against Atlanta near the end of the game you would have seen that. Michel Ouellet got position on an atlanta play in the corner and outmuscled him to get a loose puck and cleared the zone with only couple minutes remaining in the game. Malkin forchecked keith tkachuk in second period at a critical moment which kept it a 1 to 0 lead over atlanta. Getting body position, taking the puck away from a potential breakaway, and clearing the zone is good forechecking. Crosby, Roberts, Armstrong, and Talbot all forechecked well today.
2007-03-24 17:22:58 · answer #2 · answered by fleury292001 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means when the puck is down on the side of the ice you are trying to score in. Than your forwards (thus fore) are checking and pestering their defensive players for the puck trying to create turnovers and keep the puck on tha t side of the ice. It's a puck possession strategy so the other team does not get to control the puck as often as you if done well.
Good fore-checking in the NHL, as I just said, would mean the puck is closer to where you want to score more often.
2007-03-24 11:42:51 · answer #3 · answered by Michael L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In hockey we talk about fore checking and back checking. Fore-checking is applied when the team doing the checking is trying to move forward. (Yes that is a simplification, but it is also really easy to remember.)
Good fore-checking keeps the opposing team from mounting any offense. Generally when people say good fore-checking it is referring to a team not allowing the other team to break out of their own zone and using checking and intercepted passes to keep pressure on the goalie. A good fore-check should result in a lot of time in the attacking zone and some scoring opportunities.
2007-03-24 11:47:46 · answer #4 · answered by Mark M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good fore-checking means when the puck is in the opposing teams zone and you are pressuring them, keeping the puck in their zone, constantly getting shots on their goalie. Good fore-checking could also be when the other team has the puck in their zone and you hit them, keep the puck in and get shots. While not letting the puck leave the zone.
2007-03-24 13:14:35 · answer #5 · answered by dapper4avs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means one team (A) is putting pressure on the other team (B, while Team B is in the nuetral or defensive zones.
You pressure the other team to try to force a turnover- if you are successful in a good forcheck, you can keep a team pinned in their own zone.
Especially helpful if killing a penalty.
Hockeyplayer.com says:
"Forechecking is a tactic used by a team to gain/regain control of the puck by pressuring your opponents."
2007-03-24 11:50:47 · answer #6 · answered by DarthNick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means one team (A) is putting pressure on the other team (B, while Team B is in the nuetral or defensive zones.
You pressure the other team to try to force a turnover- if you are successful in a good forcheck, you can keep a team pinned in their own zone.
Especially helpful if killing a penalty.
Hockeyplayer.com says:
"Forechecking is a tactic used by a team to gain/regain control of the puck by pressuring your opponents."
2007-03-24 11:26:15 · answer #7 · answered by Smug Monkey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my dad is a coach for my team and it means forcing the player with the puck for example going after them and forcing them to give up the puck
2007-03-24 11:42:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forcing players to give up the puck etc.
2007-03-24 12:31:29 · answer #9 · answered by MinnesotaWild2007 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its the time you check the opponent before he gets out of his end of ice.
2007-03-24 13:07:39 · answer #10 · answered by lcayote 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋