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The left wing lock is a defensive ice hockey strategy similar to the neutral zone trap. In the most basic form, once puck possession changes, the left wing moves back in line with the defencemen . Each defender (including the left winger) plays a zone defence and is responsible for a third of the ice each. [ 1 ]
The primary forward (F1) must enter the zone with speed and make contact with the puck carrier. Whether the defenceman has the puck in the corner or in the open ice F1 must check the player and try to separate the puck from the defenceman. [3] Once the puck is separated from the defencemen it is up to the secondary forward (F2) to get the puck.
This forces the puck carrier to either side board where the centre and puck side winger close him in, "trapping" him/her between the two defending players and the boards. Here the attacking player has very few options, and generally must retreat to a defenceman, whereupon the defending team can reset the trap.
The most recognizable implementation of the trap sees the defense stationing four of their players in the neutral zone and one forechecker in the offensive zone. As the offensive team starts to move up the ice, the forechecker (generally the center) will cut off passing lanes to other offensive players by staying in the middle of the ice, forcing the puck carrier to either sideboard.
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