Joey Daccord ProRead

THE SEQUENCE

After opening with a couple of memorable sequences from Daccord’s Winter Classic MVP performance — and we recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of that memorable game in Kraken history – Daccord’s fourth Pro Reads entry with Seattle is an in-zone sequence against the Toronto Maple Leafs after a chip into the offensive zone:

The puck isn’t in the frame above but we can tell you it’s on its way to a forechecking Maple Leafs forward in the left corner after being chipped across from the other side behind the net. With that in mind, what information are you looking for if you are Daccord here?

Who is the most dangerous player, and what factors about him matter the most?

What do you notice about Daccord as he pushes across from left to right?

What do you make of the decision to come across down into a Reverse?

THE SAVE

Now watch this sequence play out and ask yourself the same questions.

Did you correctly anticipate the most dangerous player? Did it play out as you first anticipated? What did you make of how Daccord handled this by coming across to his feet before dropping and re-adjusting himself before the shot?

THE PRO READ

Now let’s hear from Daccord on how he saw this sequence unfold and he managed it: