Photos courtesy of  the Washington Capitals
and Getty Images
 
It’s all about PASSION !!! But one skill worth practicing by the hour ...

... is cutting to the middle
and getting shots off
before  you’re comfortable.

Watch tapes of Gretzky and Ovechkin SCORING GOALS IS MUCH MORE ABOUT PASSION THAN IT IS ABOUT SKILL. Most players need to be skating comfortably
toward the net before they release a shot

Gretzky and Ovechkin shoot in practice
when they’re moving parallel to
the blue line...

so in games, they get shots off before
they get into comfortable shooting position.