Un tiro en hockey sobre hielo es el intento de un jugador de marcar un gol golpeando o chasqueando el disco con su palo en dirección a la red.
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Un tiro a portería es un intento de gol. Se lleva un recuento de cuántos tiros realiza un equipo y esto se usa a menudo como una guía aproximada para saber qué equipo es más agresivo y dominante. Un intento de gol en hockey (a diferencia del fútbol ) se cuenta oficialmente como un tiro solo cuando se dirige a la portería, lo que resulta en un gol o requiere que el portero haga una parada . La cantidad de tiros y paradas en un juego es especialmente relevante para los porteros, cuyo porcentaje de paradas se basa en la cantidad de tiros que no los superan. También se mide la cantidad de tiros que realizan los patinadores y el porcentaje en el que anotan, pero a estos números generalmente se les da menos peso. Algunos tiros a portería se consideran más propensos a resultar en un gol y se denominan oportunidades de gol .
Hay cinco tipos básicos de tiros en el hockey sobre hielo.
El tiro con pala (también conocido como tiro de voltereta) es el tiro más simple y básico en el arsenal de un tirador. Su ejecución es simplemente un movimiento de pala para empujar el disco en la dirección deseada, o un movimiento rápido del disco (ya sea con el golpe de derecha, de revés o en un movimiento de lanza). Los jugadores generalmente recurren al movimiento de pala para empujar los discos sueltos más allá de un portero desparramado o fuera de posición.
The wrist shot is executed by positioning the puck toward the heel-middle of the blade. From that position the shooter rolls their back wrist quickly, while thrusting the puck forward with the bottom hand. As the blade propels the puck forward the movement of the wrist rolls the puck toward the end of the blade, causing the puck to spin. The tightness of the spin of the puck has an effect much like the spin a quarterback puts on their football pass, resulting in more accuracy. The puck is aimed with the follow-through of the shot, and will typically fly perfectly in the direction of the extension of the stick, resulting in an extremely accurate shot. At the same time, the stick flexes, so the moment the puck is released from the stick, the snap of the stick will propel the puck forward at high speeds. Current and former NHL players known for their wrist-shot include Joe Sakic, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Connor McDavid, Marián Gáborík, Jeff Carter, Evgeni Malkin, Jack Eichel, Teemu Selänne, Alexei Kovalev, Pavel Datsyuk, Phil Kessel, Wayne Gretzky, Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Peter Forsberg, Artemi Panarin, Markus Näslund, Nathan MacKinnon and Vladimir Tarasenko.
El snap shot es una combinación de ambos, el slapshot y el tiro de muñeca. El tirador comienza amartillando el palo hacia atrás como en un slapshot (generalmente menos lejos) y termina con un movimiento de muñeca como un tiro de muñeca. El tiro resultante tiene más velocidad que un tiro de muñeca, mientras que aumenta el tiempo que se tarda en lanzar el tiro, equilibrando su efectividad. Entre los jugadores actuales y anteriores conocidos por su snap shot se incluyen Joe Sakic , Ilya Kovalchuk , Phil Kessel , Thomas Vanek , Nathan Horton , Anže Kopitar , Vincent Lecavalier , Alexander Ovechkin , Mike Bossy , Evgeni Malkin , Connor McDavid y Dany Heatley . Muchos consideran a Joe Sakic como el padre del snap moderno, ya que demostró una increíble capacidad de puntuación al utilizar este tiro de liberación rápida a lo largo de su carrera. Lo prefería mucho más al tiro de muñeca, por el que era menos conocido. Durante su carrera, Phil Kessel ha perfeccionado una variante del tiro rápido en la que el jugador transfiere su peso al "pie de apoyo del disco" o "pie trasero" y dispara con paso firme. Ha utilizado esta técnica para convertirse en uno de los tiradores más peligrosos de la NHL.
El slapshot es el tiro más difícil, pero también el más anunciado . El jugador aleja el palo del disco y luego lo lleva con fuerza hacia adelante para golpear el hielo de dos a siete pulgadas detrás del disco. Esto hace que la energía se almacene en el palo mientras se flexiona contra el hielo. Cuando el palo finalmente entra en contacto con el disco, la energía almacenada en el palo se transfiere al disco, lo que proporciona una fuerza adicional que de otro modo no sería posible al golpear el disco directamente. La altura y la posición del seguimiento determinan la trayectoria del disco. Los jugadores actuales y anteriores de la NHL conocidos por sus slapshot incluyen a Bernard "Boom Boom" Geoffrion , Al MacInnis , Zdeno Chára , Daniel Alfredsson , Ilya Kovalchuk , Dustin Byfuglien , Alexander Ovechkin , Shea Weber , Sami Salo , Mario Lemieux , Guy Lafleur , Christian Ehrhoff , Brian Rolston , Evgeni Malkin , Sheldon Souray . K Subban , Nikita Kucherov , Steven Stamkos , Al Iafrate , Ray Bourque , Bernie Federko y Jason Garrison .
The backhand shot is a wrist shot released from the back of the blade, and on the player's backhand. This shot is not as powerful or accurate as any of the other shots, but often comes unexpectedly. They are primarily taken close to the goal, most commonly on breakaways. Slapshots can also be backhanded. Players known for their backhanders include Jyrki Lumme, Joe Sakic, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Marián Hossa, Milan Hejduk, Patrick Marleau, Mike Richards, Mats Sundin, Pavel Datsyuk, Paul Stastny, Henrik Zetterberg, Derek Roy, Claude Giroux and Daniel Brière.
The one-timer can be any of the above shots, when fired in a continuous motion that the other player One player passes the puck to another, and while the pass is incoming the player chooses not to stop the puck, instead firing it as it reaches the shooter. This is the lowest accuracy shot, but makes up for it in the difficulty it creates for a goaltender to properly position himself to defend against it. Due to the elasticity of the rubber (albeit frozen) puck, it can also generate significantly more energy, giving it more speed and faster elevation. When executed as a slapshot (also called a one-time-slapshot) and finding its way into the goal, it is often known as a "goal-scorers goal" due to the difficulty of the timing and placement of the shot. Current and NHL players known for their one-timers include Leon Draisaitl, Steven Stamkos, Alexander Ovechkin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Nikita Kucherov, Brent Burns, Shea Weber, Brett Hull, P. K. Subban, Evgeni Malkin, Artemi Panarin and Patrik Laine.
A deke, short for "decoy", is a feint, a shot, or both, intended to confound a defender. Many players, such as Connor McDavid, Pavel Datsyuk, Mario Lemieux, Wayne Gretzky, Evgeni Malkin, Bobby Orr, Gilbert Perreault, Bobby Ryan, Alexei Kovalev, John Tavares, Rick Nash, Artemi Panarin, Denis Savard, Jaromír Jágr, Joe Sakic, Nikita Kucherov, Pavel Bure, Mikael Granlund, Johnny Gaudreau and Patrick Kane have picked up the skill of "dangling", which is more fancy deking and requires more stick handling skills.
The Michigan, otherwise known as a Lacrosse style goal or the Zorro, can be considered as a special type of deke. It involves a player flipping the puck on the blade of the stick and then whipping the puck while carrying it on the blade. The shot is rarely witnessed due to its requirement for refined stickhandling skills and vulnerabilities for defensive maneuvers. Advantages of this shot are an element of surprise and capacity to position the puck accurately into the top corner from odd angles. Consequently, the Michigan shot is usually attempted from behind the net by surprising a goaltender from a blindside while using the net as a cover from defense. The shot was first used in 1996 NCAA Tournament by a Michigan player Mike Legg, though the invention of the maneuver has been credited to Bill Armstrong. The Michigan has grown in popularity, and began to be attempted by NHL players in the mid-to-late 2010's. The shot has been attempted by players such as Sidney Crosby, Mikael Granlund, Ryan Getzlaf, Tyler Ennis, Miks Indrašis, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Viktor Arvidsson, Claude Giroux, Patrik Laine, Auston Matthews and Trevor Zegras.[1] The first and second successful Michigan goals in the NHL were both by Andrei Svechnikov. Filip Forsberg, Kent Johnson, Trevor Zegras, and Connor Bedard (as a rookie)[2] have also been successful with Michigan attempts.
Tipping the puck involves positioning oneself in the vicinity of the net and redirecting an incoming shot with, generally, the blade of the stick. The shaft of the stick and even body parts (legs, posterior, chest, back, even head and face) may also alter the trajectory of the puck and result in a valid goal, although scoring this way generally involves as much chance as deliberate effort. Tips careening off an offensive player's skate will count if no deliberate kicking motion was made. At close distance a well-directed tip that maintains some modicum of speed will pass by the goalie and into the net without the keeper having any possibility to react to the change in direction. Tipping the puck is a very common way to score a goal in today's NHL, and all teams use it frequently.
A player's handedness is determined by which side of their body they hold their stick. A player who shoots left (alternatively called a left-handed shot) holds the stick such that the blade is (normally) to the left of their body, with the left hand on the bottom and the right hand on top; a player who shoots right (a right-handed shot) holds the stick such that the blade is to their right, with the right hand at the bottom and left hand on top. The bottom hand delivers most of the power while the top hand is responsible for control and stickhandling, as well as the "whip" of shots. Of the 852 players who skated in the 2007–08 NHL regular season, 554 of 852 (65%) shoot left. Many natural right handed players shoot left and vice versa. This is due to the fact that if someone is naturally right handed, they may shoot left because the top hand (right hand on a lefty stick) controls most of the stick's action.