1 player up top.3 players in the crease.2 players behind the goal.
I use this concept as a way to possess the ball when we are up on the other team and time remaining in the game is under two minutes so we have to keep it in the box.
I want the best match up behind the goal while avoiding the potential blunder of stepping out of the box, or even worse dropping it somewhere up top and giving the opposing team a fast break the other way. Therefore my first goal is to have my two players who draw the short stick defenders go behind the goal with the ball.
As I saw this develop I realized that having the matchup of their 2 short sticks behind GLE gave me a lot of advantages if I wanted to use this to be more aggressive in the course of the game. The first thing I noticed was the difficulty 3 long poles were having maneuvering in a tight crease area, especially if your crease players understand how to pick for each other. Therefore if my players behind the goal understand where to look if they draw the slide this offense becomes a prolific 6v6 offense instead of just stalling the ball.