Jared Bednar is an evangelist on the five-minute plan. The Avalanche coach doesn’t go period to period but rather as many as four stretches in each frame.
He studies game video in five-minute spans when special teams are not involved and wants his team to focus on playing that way. Beyond the power play and penalty kill, it’s Colorado’s primary focus entering Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.
“It’s just narrowing our focus, staying in the moment,” Bednar said after Friday’s practice at Ball Arena. “You can’t do it all the time.