I am only at a Div III school, but I have seen both kinds of coaching strategy. And had the pleasure of Mark Mazzoleni as head coach for a while. For my two cents, if I had to concentrate on one style, I would go for the goal scoring. But, my reasoning actually turns on the goalie. If the goalie's not "with it," even great defense wont stop goals. A really hot goalie can stonewall anyone. Therefore, if you can put a lot of offensive pressure on (which, BTW, also limits the puck time in your own end and serves as a kind of defense) and have a good or better goalie, I think you will win a majority of your games. If you have stiffling defense but can't score when you should, you'll probably be involved in a lot of 1-0, 2-1, etc., type games and may not win a majority of those. Tom Rowe [log in to unmask] =========================================== Home of Division 3 National Champion Pointers 89, 90, 91 & 93 =========================================== > >Working the midnights, your mind wanders...So I pose this question... > >"Do Goals or Goalies win games???" > >I'm curious for other opinions... > >Another way of looking at it..."If you were a coach, would you aim for >having a high scoring offense, or a defensive unit with a low GAA???" > >(obvious answer is that you would aim for both, but consider only if you >had your choice of one, for discussion's sake...) > >Marcus > >HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to >[log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List. > HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.