Wrap Around

Wrap Around is when the offensive player who has the puck skates around the back of the opponent’s goal, then come back around front and attempts a shot on goal.

Many younger players may not have been taught the basics of the wrap around shot. Perhaps they have never seen it in a game situation, other than while watching an NHL game. The basic notion is that the offensive player has the puck either on the side or just behind one side of the net, skates around the back of the net to emerge on the opposite side and quickly tries to stuff the puck home right near the post before the goalie can move from one side of the net to the other. The move depends on the speed of the offensive player and the reaction of the goalie. The offensive player can often gain an average by moving out of the goalie’s field of vision so that the move around the back of the net is not detected immediately.

Examples of how wrap around is used in commentary:

1. The winger skates the puck up from the blue line, heads around the back of his opponent’s goal and scores on a wrap around past the right skate of the goalie.