"coach Marco Sturm did not reach back for a 20th century bag skate to cure the team's ills. Those are mostly a thing of the past as "teaching" tool. But rather he and his staff first ran his players through an extensive off-ice session to hammer home some of the finer points of his zone/man hybrid defensive system that, at the moment, his players do not seem to be grasping very well."
"While there was an air of desperation in the dressing room after Thursday's painful 7-5 loss to the Anaheim Ducks, in which they scored two goals late in the third period to tie it up only to give up the winner 30 seconds later, Sturm is trying to stay the course. In two of the first three games for the B's, all wins, they did in fact look like they had the system down, but it has fallen apart since them."
"How do you fix it? It's time and also it's practice. Unfortunately, we don't have many practice days. That's why today was a very productive practice, helpful practice. We had two practices actually. One was in here and one was (on the ice). We talked about it, I showed them a lot and we did the same thing on the ice. It's something we need and something we have to get better at."
The Bruins entered a six-game losing streak and staged a two-practice day to address defensive breakdowns. Coach Marco Sturm prioritized an extensive off-ice session to teach details of a zone/man hybrid system rather than reverting to old bag-skate methods. Players then reinforced those lessons in an on-ice practice nearly 40 minutes late. The team experienced a demoralizing 7-5 loss to Anaheim after rallying to tie late and then conceding the winner 30 seconds later. Sturm acknowledged that mastery requires time and practice, noted limited practice days, and emphasized the need to improve execution.
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