Teach me how to Toey

Eeinie Meenie Mienie Mo....
Catch a puck by the toe....
Fake the shot, don't let it go...
What just happened, the D will never know!

I know that's not how the song goes, but thats how this blog is going to go because it's loaded up and ready to go!

The essence of a toe drag is very complex. Most used to think that the move was a mythical creature that was seldom seen and only came out once in a millennium during a rare penalty shot occurrence, but (note to self) this is far from the truth... Backhand Toeys are in and definitely here to stay(not to mention they are just down right dirty)!

Don't believe me? Just ask Kris Versteeg!

Or maybe pavel Datsyuk

Toe drags can be traced back to the medieval times, when knights used to drag their opponents by their toes after a glorious victory in the jousting arena. The winning knight would display charisma and poise as he would wave to the on looking crowd while dragging and publicly humiliating his opponent after his tournament victory. You didn't believe all that Balderdash did you? Well who invented it then? The early pioneers of danglin’ of course. No, no, not Gordon Bombay, the Minnesota Miracle man who came up with the “Triple Deke”, but the legends of the National Hockey League who changed fast stick handling into danglin’ as we know it. Please applaud the Chicago Blackhawks of the 1960’s, specifically two hockey icons, Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull. The story goes that one of them, (I could not determine who. If anyone has their numbers, please call them and ask) got their stick jammed in the door and the blade bent but did not break. This made a curve on the stick and after some test fires; the inventor determined that the puck can be better controlled with a curve in the stick (no joke, true story).

Stickhandling became more controlled and efficient. Pucks were now able to grab onto the blade, shots became faster and more accurate and of course, the toey was born.
The exact date of the first toey cannot be determined, but the first time that player decided to skip the old how she goin’ through the legs of a d-man, and pull the puck backwards into the “unreachable” area, the most deadliest move of hockey took form. And it has evolved ever since.

It comes in two major forms, forehand and backhand toey, and with some practice can be easily executed. Practicing toeys can be as easy as getting a tennis ball or puck and just repeating the drag over and over again. The sweethands product from Hockeyshot.ca is a wicked product to help practice this in so many ways. Give the picture a click and check it out, definitely a basement or garage must have!

The video from youtube we just posted will definitely help as well.
If you can't backhand tory after watching this... I'm not sure if there is any hope!!!

Hope this sheds some light into a realm thats almost impossible to imagine pulling off in a gam, let alone a practice!

Until next time,

Doctor Hockey