This year, the Colorado Avalanche development camp had one clear focus. The large majority of ice time was used to work on skating –mostly without pucks — with the help of power skating coach Tracy Tutton and Avs legend Adam Foote. That, however, proved to be a great decision.
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Skating is becoming more and more important in professional hockey. When reading scouting reports and rankings before drafts, you often read things like “he would be ranked much higher, if it wasn’t for his below-average skating”. Watching prospects at the Avalanche development camp proved that many players need that extra work, if they want to make it to the NHL.