Cone drills...
Cone drills are designed to improve your first stride quickness and improve overall skating acceleration. There is thousands of cone possibilities, within this section we highlight some of the main examples which can be tailored to your needs to changed into your own personnel drills
As ice hockey is very intermittent with lots of changes of direction and continuous stopping absolute speed is not the 
most important factor. Speed off the mark, acceleration and agility are...
Taylor's tip within cone drills is to always remember that you don't have to be blessed with the genetic makeup of a Mike Mondano to be quick on the ice. With a little focussed training and practise you'll be 5-10m away from your opponent whilst he's still shaking in his skates!