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dump-and-chase
DCHP-2 (Mar 2016)
Spelling variants:dump and chase
n. — Hockey
an offensive move in which a team shoots, "dumps", the puck into the other team's zone and then rushes, "chases", after it. See animated video.
Type: 5. Frequency — The move implies a lot of forechecking and physical force, rather than skillful play and passing. Common in the 1980s and 1990s, dump-and-chase is a less common and somewhat rare strategy today, but some teams may employ it very effectively among a repertoire of moves (see, e.g. the 2011 quotation).
See also COD-2, s.v. "dump-and-chase", which is marked "Cdn Hockey".
See also COD-2, s.v. "dump-and-chase", which is marked "Cdn Hockey".
Quotations
1977
Pittsburgh played dump-and-chase, but seemed too tired to chase.
1979
Coach Gary Green, never one at a loss for optimism, tried to heal the psychological wounds by explaining to his players that the individualism was simply the product of a "dump-and-chase system," whereby the Ontario players were supposed to fling the puck into the opposing zone and try to retrieve it.
Passing and a dump-and-chase system can be combined effectively, as shown Friday night in Brantford by Team Ontario, which most scouts agree is stocked with the most talented group of players in the tourney.
1990
The Cougars employed the "dump and chase" and it paid dividends as Troy Edwards, Cory Patterson, and Dean Palmer cashed in for the Cougars.
1997
In North America, impatience rules the NHL both on and off the ice. Yashin has never complained about the style of play the Senators have mostly embraced -- dump and chase -- even though players brought up in the Russian system are baffled by it and puzzled by its popularity.
2007
While Canada\'s best professionals did little more than dump and chase pucks, the Soviets always seemed to have an idea, attacking as five-man units and passing pucks -- not to where teammates were, but to where they were about to be.
2011
He took issue with the idea that the Bruins possess nothing more than a smothering defensive style. In a perfect world, the Bruins would play a lot of dump-and-chase because they have the sort of forwards that can get in hard on the fore-check and retrieve loose pucks.
References
- Dump-and-Chase • Video
- COD-2
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