Any time you've got a guy who can score 63 goals, let him, and find someone else to backcheck.
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Backcheck
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2004, Bruce Driver, Clare Wharton, The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Youth Hockey, page 81: A smart defensive player knows when to backcheck the puck carrier and when to backcheck to cover an open player. Hockey has no greater test of your heart and intensity than your willingness to backcheck, particularly at the end of a sustained attack when the other team has suddenly come up with the puck and you are feeling exhausted.
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It’s been a real team effort, a commitment to defense and backchecking by everybody.
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That was a great backcheck, Gordie.
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