вот ссылка на рекомендации (на английском правда).
http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/sport/coa ... -play.html
Вот выдержка :
(самое главное про игру на все поле внизу : Много юных игроков за игру ни разу не касаются шайбы )
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Parents may ask the question “Why should my child play cross-ice, what will they learn?” and
say “I want my child playing on full-ice like the professionals do” That is the point, children are
not adults, they see the world differently and learn differently to adults.
Let's think about a child trying to skate with a puck from one end of the rink to the other.
How long will this take? How much energy will this require?
In which situation will the child be more involved in a game?
In the close space of the smaller cross-ice surface or the wide-open area of the full-ice
surface?
A study of hockey games played on the full-ice surface by George Kingston found:
• In a sixty minute running time hockey game between 6-8 year old children, the average
player had possession of the puck for 20.7 seconds
• Top professional players were also timed and no player exceeded 85 seconds of puck
possession time
• Youth players had an average of less than 0.5 shots per game and professional players
only 1.5 shots
• In a sixty-minute children's game the actual playing time of the game was 20 minutes and
38 seconds
• Individual players is are on the ice every third or fourth shift resulting in even less ice time
The study concluded that:
• For young players in the "full-ice game model" of development, the youngest players
would require between 180 games to have 60 minutes of actual puck possession time to
execute their stick handling, passing, pass receiving and shooting skills
• Professional players would require 60 games to ensure 60 minutes of puck control skill
development
• Many youth players never touched the puck in the game
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данное мероприятие для детей старше шести лет 6+
Прочитал внимательно изыски Жоржа Кингстона и не понял, где он такую статистику взял... 
Впрочем, если она вам нравится, то флаг вам в руки... 
Опять Москва виновата, не иначе...
, только играть так никогда не научится будет. 
не загнать домой, будет играть пока не разойдутся..... а зимой даже прошлой : днем тренировка, вечером приезжаю домой он уже на сумке сидит - папа на каток, на каток приезжаем, а там наших куча уже шайбу гоняет и не вытащить их оттуда... Ну а про детей которые не касаются шайбы за всю игру..... чушь.... для этого ребенок должен сидеть на скамейке запасных 
