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10 Hockey Drills for Skaters Just Learning to Stop

July 22, 2026July 16, 2026 by Erin Andrews

Young hockey player performing a hockey stop and spraying snow off the skate edges

Quick Answer The best hockey drills for beginners start with stopping, not shooting. Teach the snowplow stop, then the hockey stop, then crossovers, before you move to stick handling, passing, and shooting. Ten drills below run in that order, and they all work in a single 45 minute practice. The one rule that matters most: … Read more

How Long Is a Hockey Period? Time on Ice vs Time on the Clock

July 22, 2026July 15, 2026 by Erin Andrews

Ice hockey arena scoreboard and game clock above players on the rink

Quick Answer A hockey period is 20 minutes of clock time, and a game has three of them, so a full game is 60 minutes on the clock. Because the clock stops on every whistle, the real time you sit in the stands is closer to 2 hours and 30 minutes. Hockey uses three periods, … Read more