Do you like controlled mayhem at your practices? Do you enjoy watching your players freak out because a drill that is so simple somehow becomes incredibly challenging? 

In all my years of coaching few games have been requested by my teams more than 3 Zone Mayhem. This drill is perect for summer skates or summer hockey schools because you can have 18 players participating at once or 12.

My default is a full team, so 18 players. Using that number, here's how it works:

• Each zone has groups 6 players who play 3on3
• On the whistle, coach starts the rep by firing two or three pucks anywhere on the ice
• Teams advance the puck to their teammates by passing across the blue lines always in the same direction
• Groups can't leave their zone
• The offensive group at either end (black on the left side, green on the right side) is trying to score
• Only offensive zone groups can score (you can't shoot the puck into an empty net from the neutral zone - they'll try, believe me)
• If your teammates aren't open or paying attention, the challenge is to hold onto the puck inside your zone until something opens up
• After all pucks are scored or approximately 60 seconds (whichever comes first), coach blows whistle, each group rotates towards the net they're shooting at (D-Zone to Neutral Zone to Offensive Zone to bench)