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Offensive Zone Possession: Strong-Side Dot Support

Offensive Zone Possession
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A Five Tight defense offers solutions against many OZ plays, but it struggles to neutralize the short pass from F1 in the corner to F3 atop the strong-side faceoff dot. The low forward or the strong-side winger could shift over to cover F3, but that would open up other options for F1 to exploit.