Lucy Terzievski
College Prospect Profile
North York Storm U22AA · OWHL
Prospect Profile
Player Overview
Position
Defenseman
Shoots
Right
Height
5’5″
Weight
145lbs
Current Team
North York Storm U22AA
League
OWHL – Ontario Women’s Hockey League
Nationality
Canadian
Date of Birth
November 3, 2009
Hometown
Newmarket, ON
Grad Class
2027
School
Crestwood Preparatory College
Programs of Interest
Business
Law
International Affairs
High School Transcript
Academic Record
Phys. Ed
92%
Art
91%
Geography
90%
English
90%
Math
85%
Science
83%
History
95%
Art
94%
French
92%
English
91%
Civics
91%
Careers
90%
Nutrition
90%
Science
88%
Communications.
85%
Math
80%
Functions
95%
French
86%
Remaining Grade 11 courses (Biology, History, Phys. Ed, English, SAP) not yet reported.
Grade 12 course load includes Business, Data Management, and French — marks not yet reported.
Career Production
Statistics
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | PTS | P/GP | +/− | SH | SH% | PPG | SHG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026–27 | North York StormU22AA | OWHL | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2025–26 | Oakville HornetsU22AA | OWHL | 44 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0.136 | – | – | – | – | – | 84 |
| 2024–25 | Brampton CanadettesU18AA | OWHA | 69 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0.319 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2023–24 | North York StormU18AA | OWHA | 58 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 0.345 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Career | — | — | 171 | 14 | 34 | 48 | 0.281 | – | – | – | – | – | 84 |
Performance Testing
Combine Results
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Anaerobic Power — Wingate Test
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On-Ice Testing
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Linear Sprint Fwd
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Puck Control Pro-Agility
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No combine testing has been completed for Lucy Terzievski at this time — figures shown as placeholders pending a future testing event.
2025–2026 EVALUATION
Scouting Report
Key Strengths
- High-Danger Coverage: When the puck arrives on her side, Lucy Terzievski holds the interior lane with an active stick and clean body alignment. Forwards can’t slip into dangerous routes without running directly into her structure — she takes the space before they can claim it.
- Assignment Mirroring: She tracks her check up and down her half of the zone with enough discipline that wingers must rotate with precision or lose her entirely. The consistency of that mirroring forces opponents to work harder for clean looks.
- Inside Boxing: On partner-side pressure, she establishes body position early — getting between her check and the backdoor threat without overcommitting to the hip. That interior presence shuts off the easiest second-chance option before it forms.
- Threat Recognition: She reads what opponents are building before it develops. When attackers look to create through the middle, she closes that lane first rather than reacting after the play is already in motion.
- Contact Initiation: She doesn’t wait for forwards to settle. She steps into contact work and establishes space on her terms, keeping opponents from getting comfortable with their positioning inside the zone.
Areas to Refine
- Weak-Side Drift: On slow-developing weak-side plays, she can drift slightly out of her lane, creating a brief window for timing-based attackers to exploit the gap before she recovers her positioning.
- Partner Coordination: When pressure shifts to the partner side, her reads occasionally lag a beat behind the play. Tightening that communication and anticipation on cross-zone movement will close the last window opponents can find.
- Assignment Release: There are moments where she holds her check a step too long after the puck has moved away from her side. Releasing earlier and scanning for the next threat will sharpen her coverage transitions.
Key Strengths
- Pressure Initiation: Terzievski doesn’t wait for carriers to settle — she jumps checks early and forces rushed touches or hurried dump-offs before opponents can organize. That aggression compresses the decision window and puts the opposition on the back foot immediately.
- First-Step Advantage: Her acceleration gives her a genuine edge in 50/50 races. The first three strides pull her ahead before opponents can adjust, and she converts that separation into puck control more often than not.
- Edgework Control: She uses her edges to cut inside routes and claim loose pucks before the opposition can set. That inside access regularly turns contested plays into clean possession for her team.
- Structure Discipline: When the puck sits outside engagement distance, she anchors into position rather than chasing into poor ice. She knows the difference between a live pressure opportunity and a trap, and she picks the right option.
- Battle Willingness: When she’s in range, she commits fully to the challenge. There’s no hesitation in her body language — she goes directly at the puck carrier with purpose and stays physical through the contest.
Areas to Refine
- Pressure Angles: She defaults to a direct line when closing on carriers, but a curved, pressure-building route would trap opponents against the wall more effectively and limit their escape options.
- Late-Shift Judgment: Competitiveness can push her into chasing late in shifts when a calculated, structured hold would better protect her team. Managing that aggression as game situations tighten is the next step in her pressure IQ.
- Commit Threshold: There are moments where she reads pressure correctly but delays the close just long enough for the carrier to settle. Trusting the read and going earlier will make her already-aggressive pressure game harder to escape.
Key Strengths
- Lane Presence: Terzievski fronts shooters with confidence and positions her body in the lane before the release loads. She takes away shooting windows early rather than reacting once the puck is already off the blade.
- Upright Stability: She stays balanced and controlled through most blocks, keeping her feet and edges engaged so she can recover and re-enter the play quickly after the attempt.
- Early Commitment: Her feet move into the lane before the shot fully telegraphs. That pre-commitment shrinks the shooter’s window and forces adjustments that disrupt timing and release mechanics.
- Stick Integration: Her stick works alongside her body to close the ice-level lane while her frame handles the upper path. That coordination makes it harder for shooters to find a clean gap through or around her.
- Fearless Approach: Traffic and contact don’t cause her to pull back. She holds ground in front, absorbs what comes, and stays present in the lane through the sequence.
Areas to Refine
- Drop Technique: The next evolution in her blocking is developing the drop-down — getting to a knee, presenting the side of her body, and timing the collapse to eliminate shooting options more completely. Adding that tool will significantly expand her blocking effectiveness at the college level.
- Lane Selection: At times, she commits to the first visible lane rather than the most dangerous one. Reading which option the shooter is most likely to use — and positioning there — will make her blocks more decisive.
- Block Timing: Her commitment is there, but the drop or lean occasionally arrives a half-beat after the release begins. Sharpening the timing through deliberate practice reps will close that gap and eliminate more shots cleanly.
Key Strengths
- Outlet Range: Terzievski can hit the short middle option, connect with the strong-side winger, find the weak-side breakout, or thread a quick-up to the far blue line. That passing range makes her a difficult exit to predict and defend.
- Reversal Recognition: She reads when reversing to her partner relieves pressure and opens a cleaner lane. Acting on that read — rather than forcing the primary option — keeps exits from stalling under a hard forecheck.
- Puck Carry Confidence: On dump-ins, she retrieves with purpose and carries it out herself when lanes allow. Her quick feet turn loose pucks into controlled possession rather than scramble situations.
- Weak-Side Release: She makes herself available as the weak-side outlet on reversals and cross-ice plays, giving her team an extra layer of support in exit structure when the strong side closes down.
- Decision Clarity: Her exit decisions are made quickly and without hesitation. Defenders don’t get the opportunity to reset because the puck is already moving before pressure can fully arrive.
Areas to Refine
- Middle Usage: She has the passing range to use the middle exit lane on the breakout, but defaults to the wall more often than necessary. When that middle option is available, getting the puck there earlier creates faster exits with more speed through the neutral zone.
- Pressure Recognition: When a hard forecheck collapses from the weak side, her exit route adjustment can lag slightly. Reading that pressure source earlier will keep her from being forced into a rushed release under unexpected contact.
- Exit Speed: There are moments where an extra handle delays an exit that was already available. Moving the puck one touch sooner — before pressure fully reloads — will convert more retrievals into clean zone exits.
Key Strengths
- Rush Reads: After a breakout pass, Terzievski reads the developing attack with enough maturity to know when to join and when to stay home. She never pushes forward just to be visible — her decision to activate is always tied to whether it actually advances the play.
- Wall Carries: When she takes it herself, her acceleration gets her up the wall with real territorial gain. She converts possession into forward momentum quickly and forces the opposition to respect her as a threat through the neutral zone.
- Activation Timing: She joins rushes when the play calls for it, not out of impulse. That selectivity keeps her team’s structure intact and prevents the opposition from exploiting open ice behind her when possession turns.
- Momentum Influence: Her habits in transition affect how the shift flows before the puck reaches either blue line. She’s not just reacting to what develops — she’s shaping it through where she goes and when she commits.
- Carry Control: With the puck on her stick in open ice, she stays composed and in control rather than forcing pace. That composure keeps transition sequences alive instead of turning into rushed decisions under neutral-zone pressure.
Areas to Refine
- Lateral Creativity: She has added lateral movement to her game and her reset escapes using those edges are a real strength. The next step is converting that movement into offensive attack more consistently — using it to get through defenders and advance plays up ice rather than primarily as a reset tool.
- Dynamic Options: The foundation of her carry game is strong — the next step is turning those advances into more varied threats. Creating lanes through deception rather than speed alone will elevate her impact in transition.
- Entry Connection: There are moments where she advances the puck cleanly but doesn’t stay connected to what happens next. Maintaining awareness of the developing play after the carry will keep her in the sequence rather than trailing it.
Key Strengths
- Escape and Reset: When she runs out of space on a rush, she resets cleanly with her edges, escapes pressure without panicking, and feeds the puck back to her partner without breaking stride. That composure keeps broken plays from turning into turnovers.
- Passing Precision: During controlled regroups, her passes are flat, crisp, and delivered into the right lane. Receivers stay in stride and hold speed through the neutral zone rather than having to adjust for the puck.
- Trailing Availability: After resetting and moving the puck, she doesn’t disappear from the play. She trails the sequence and stays a live option, giving her team a release valve if the primary rush compresses.
- Weak-Side Depth: When working as the weak-side defender, she hinges deeper than most players at this level. That extra separation pulls defenders into decisions they don’t want to make and expands the ice her team can use on the regroup.
- Structural Patience: She doesn’t force regroups that aren’t there. When pressure builds, she holds her edges and waits for the right lane to open rather than moving the puck into coverage.
Areas to Refine
- Voice on Regroups: Her movement through regroups is reliable, but she doesn’t always direct the play verbally. Getting the puck carrier the information they need before the pass comes — not after — will sharpen how quickly her team reclaims structure.
- Hinge Consistency: Her weak-side depth is effective when she applies it, but the depth of her hinge varies shift to shift. Committing to that deeper positioning as a default rather than a situational choice will make her regroup support more predictable for teammates.
- Reset Aggression: After moving the puck back on a broken rush, she can settle into a trail rather than pushing to become the next option. Re-entering the play with more urgency after the reset will turn broken sequences into continued pressure.
Key Strengths
- Step-Up Timing: She times her step-ups on regroups with conviction — reading the puck carrier’s movement and committing at the right moment to cut off the rush before it builds speed through the middle.
- Wall Engagement: Her pinches along the wall are hard and decisive. She arrives with body contact, stops the play cleanly, and doesn’t give carriers room to spin or slip underneath.
- Gap Control: In 1-on-1 situations, she mirrors the puck carrier’s movement and closes in stride rather than lunging. That discipline keeps her on her feet and in position to finish the play properly.
- Stick Check Execution: Her gap work finishes with a well-timed stick check before the body contact arrives. That sequence — stick first, then body — disrupts the handle and limits the carrier’s ability to protect the puck through her pressure.
- Skill-Based Pressure: Her neutral-zone pressure is built on reads and technique, not chasing. She wins possession back frequently because her approach is controlled — she’s not gambling, she’s executing.
Areas to Refine
- Step-Up Selectivity: Her conviction on step-ups is a strength, but there are moments where she activates on a play that doesn’t fully warrant it. Sharpening the read on which regroups to jump and which to contain will prevent opponents from using her aggression against her.
- Middle Denial: When she doesn’t step up, her containment occasionally allows carriers more access to the middle lane than necessary. Keeping her body angled to force plays wide — even in a hold — will limit the damage when she chooses structure over pressure.
- Recovery Position: After a step-up that doesn’t fully close, her recovery path can leave space open behind her. Getting her feet back underneath and re-entering her defensive picture faster will limit what the opposition can do with the broken pressure.
Key Strengths
- Selective Activation: She joins rushes only when it genuinely advances the play — not to be part of the action, but to improve its outcome. That discipline keeps her team’s entry attempts cleaner and reduces the risk of odd-man situations against.
- Lane Timing: When she does activate, she fills the right lane at the right moment. Her entry gives her team a cleaner attack, an extra support layer, or a trailing option that forces the back pressure to account for more than the primary carrier.
- Support Depth: She positions herself as a trailing option that complicates back-pressure decisions. Defenders can’t fully commit to the primary carrier because she’s already in a lane that punishes that choice.
- Transition Read: Coming out of a regroup that breaks open, she reads the developing rush quickly and inserts herself without disrupting the flow. The activation feels natural to the play rather than forced onto it.
- Structural Responsibility: Even when she activates, she doesn’t abandon her defensive awareness. She reads the play as she enters and stays connected to what happens if possession turns — keeping her team protected through the attack.
Areas to Refine
- Overreach Tendency: When her competitive energy runs high, she can stretch beyond the high-percentage play and try to do too much on the entry. Re-centering that drive into consistent, simple execution will produce better outcomes more often.
- Shift-to-Shift Consistency: Her entry reads are sharp in stretches but can waver as shifts extend. Applying the same decision standard on the fifth entry attempt of a long shift as she does on the first will make her a more dependable offensive contributor.
- Zone Control: When she gains the zone, the next step is owning what happens after. Whether that means pulling up to buy time, distributing to a teammate in stride, or driving the net herself — making that decision clearly and early will turn clean entries into sustained offensive pressure rather than plays that stall at the line.
Key Strengths
- Possession Sense: She reads pressure before it fully arrives and always looks for the best option available rather than forcing the puck away. That decision-making keeps possession alive and prevents rushed plays that hand opponents easy transitions out of the zone.
- Blue Line Escape: When pressure closes at the point, she handles the puck cleanly to create separation and buy time rather than panicking into a bad decision. Those escapes reset the play and keep her team in possession when the forecheck targets her directly.
- Feet Through Contact: When she keeps her feet moving with the puck, she can drive it down low and force defenders to turn. That momentum through contact is harder to stop than a stationary hold and opens more options for teammates arriving behind the play.
- Opponent Separation: She reads when she has a step on a defender and uses her acceleration and strength to widen that gap before they can recover. That separation creates the space her team needs to establish zone time rather than cycling under constant pressure.
- Wall Patience: When space isn’t there, she pulls up on the wall and buys time to scan rather than forcing the puck into pressure. That restraint keeps possession alive and prevents rushed decisions that turn offensive sequences into quick exits.
Areas to Refine
- Net-Drives: She controls entries well, but the next step is turning that control toward the net more consistently. She has the acceleration to cut inside and the strength to protect — using those tools to attack rather than reset will create more direct offensive pressure.
- Blue Line Execution: Her point walks are developing, but converting that lateral movement into consistent shot attempts or lane creation is still forming. Committing to the shot or the pass earlier in that sequence will produce more from the same possession.
- Inside Delivery: After driving the wall and drawing pressure, she doesn’t always use that frozen coverage to deliver a clean touch to a teammate cutting or trailing. Recognizing that moment — and executing it — will turn controlled entries into real scoring chances.
Key Strengths
- Rotation Communication: Her rotations with forwards are crisp and directed. She signals the switch, calls the coverage, and slides into open space without hesitation — and that communication is audible from the stands, which means it’s reaching her teammates before the play demands it.
- Pocket Movement: She doesn’t wait at the point for the puck to come back to her. She continuously shifts into pockets where she can receive and keep possession alive, making herself a usable option even when the primary play is covered.
- Point Presence: She stays engaged and connected at the blue line rather than drifting away from the play. That presence keeps possession in the zone by taking away the easiest clearing lane and forcing opponents to work harder to get the puck out.
- Pinch Timing: When she steps down, she does it with conviction and closes space quickly. Her pinches are timed to the play rather than impulsive, and she arrives with enough speed to prevent the puck from leaving the zone cleanly.
- Coverage Reads: Away from the puck, she tracks what the forwards around her are doing and adjusts her positioning to fill the gaps they leave. That awareness keeps the offensive structure balanced and prevents breakdowns from forming at the point when possession shifts.
Areas to Refine
- Pinch Recovery: When a pinch doesn’t produce possession, her recovery path back to the point can be a step slow. Getting her feet back underneath her faster after an unsuccessful step-down will limit the odd-man opportunities that open against her team.
- Weak-Side Positioning: She reads the play well on the strong side but doesn’t always slide to the weak-side lane when the puck moves away from her. Getting to that position earlier gives her team a cross-ice option and keeps the defensive structure from compressing to one side.
- Shot Readiness: In possession sequences that develop slowly, her blade isn’t always loaded when a shooting window appears at the point. Being ready to release quickly — rather than adjusting after the lane opens — will convert more of those windows into attempts.
Key Strengths
- Spatial Reads: She identifies where space is opening before the puck arrives. That early read gives her the time to deliver passes into lanes rather than reacting to coverage and forcing pucks into traffic.
- Wall Connections: Her wall passes are reliable and land in the right spot for the receiver to stay in motion. Those connections keep the cycle moving and prevent possessions from dying in the corners where pressure can reload.
- High-to-Low Delivery: She can work the puck from the point down into dangerous ice, unsettling the defensive structure and creating looks that wouldn’t exist from straight point attempts. That ability to change the puck’s angle of attack adds a layer to her offensive game.
- Seam Passes: When the play tightens, she can slip passes into space rather than holding until the lane fully closes. That touch — quiet and precise — keeps sequences alive through congestion and gives teammates clean receptions in scoring areas.
- Read and Release: She doesn’t over-handle when a pass is the right play. Once she identifies the option, she moves the puck cleanly and lets the play develop around it rather than adding extra touches that give coverage time to recover.
Areas to Refine
- Decision Timing: The reads are there, but the small decisions that turn a read into a chance don’t always land at the right moment. Changing speeds, holding an extra beat, or simplifying earlier will raise how often the right read converts into the right result.
- Defender Manipulation: She reads defensive positioning well but doesn’t consistently use it to pull defenders out of place before the pass moves. Drawing a step before releasing — rather than passing into the coverage that exists — will open cleaner lanes for her teammates.
- Speed Variation: Her playmaking runs at a consistent tempo, which allows defenders to anticipate her timing. Mixing in deliberate pauses and sudden releases will make her intentions harder to read and create better windows for passes to arrive.
Key Strengths
- In-Stride Release: Her shot in motion is difficult for goalies to track. Weight transfers cleanly through her stride, the release comes without a load, and the puck is off her blade before defenders can close the lane or disrupt the timing.
- Slot Finishing: Most of her goals come from direct looks — quick releases from the slot or sharp finishes off the wing. She doesn’t need a perfect setup to finish; she converts the chances that find her in those areas with efficiency.
- Shot Placement: She aims rather than powers. Pucks go where goalies have to move rather than straight at them, and that intent produces tighter looks and more difficult saves than raw velocity would generate.
- Traffic Comfort: She shoots through layers without hesitation. Screens and sticks don’t deter her release, and she keeps pucks on net through congestion rather than waiting for a clear look that may never come.
- Chance Creation: She stays connected to loose pucks and rebounds around the net. Her goals often follow her own work — positioning herself to be where the play breaks rather than waiting on the perimeter for a designed opportunity.
Areas to Refine
- Point Shot Selection: From the blue line, trying to power pucks through traffic limits her effectiveness. Placing shots around feet instead generates more rebounds, tips, and second chances — converting point attempts into sustained pressure rather than single-shot outcomes.
- Scoring Range: Most of her threat comes from one zone of the ice. Expanding that range — stepping into the high slot, sliding down the weak side, or arriving at the backdoor for touch plays — will give her more looks and make her harder to account for defensively.
- Repeatable Habits: The mechanics to score are already there. What needs to catch up is the shift-to-shift consistency of getting herself into scoring positions — building those routes into her game as defaults rather than reads she makes situationally.
Key Strengths
- Race Wins: When speed decides the play, Terzievski wins. She gets to retrieval pucks cleanly, turns up ice without losing momentum, and converts those races into controlled possession before pressure can reorganize around her.
- Backcheck Efficiency: Her backcheck is a genuine weapon. She tracks carriers with long, efficient strides, closes space faster than most defenders at this level, and arrives with enough pace to pressure the touch rather than just trail the play.
- Transition Speed: When a play breaks the other way, she has the wheels to beat routes back into her own end without giving up ground. That recovery speed keeps odd-man situations from forming and gets her back into defensive position before attackers can fully establish their approach.
- Backward Timing: Her backward skating is anchored by gap management — she matches the attacker’s pace, shrinks space at the right moment, and steps into contact or a stick check without overcommitting. That timing keeps her upright and in control through the engagement.
- Cut Sharpness: One sharp cut resets her direction without sacrificing speed. Whether she’s escaping neutral-zone pressure or pivoting off a retrieval, her edges carry her through the turn and back into the play without a break in momentum.
Areas to Refine
- Top-End Consistency: Her speed is a clear asset, but sustaining that pace through a full shift — particularly late in extended sequences — will make her skating a more reliable weapon from first shift to last.
- Pivot Execution: Her forward-to-backward pivots are functional but occasionally cost her a step against faster attackers. Cleaning up the mechanics of that transition will keep her gap tighter through the pivot and eliminate the brief window where attackers can gain ground.
- Off-Foot Power: When plays force her to cut or accelerate in her less natural direction, she loses a step that her dominant edge wouldn’t give up. Building equal push and power on both edges will give her gap control and escape options that work regardless of which way the play forces her to go.
Key Strengths
- Small-Area Control: In tight quarters, her stickhandling looks most natural. She uses body positioning and edges to separate the checker from the puck, keeping possession through physical pressure without needing extra moves to create space.
- Body Shielding: She protects the puck with her frame first. Her body gets between the attacker and her hands before the handle begins, which makes it significantly harder for opponents to get a stick on the puck through pressure.
- Quick Touch Efficiency: Along the wall and on retrievals, she uses minimal touches to keep the puck manageable and set up the next play. Those quick, purposeful handles give her time to make decisions before pressure fully closes.
- Pressure Management: Her hands are strong enough to stay composed when checked. She doesn’t lose the puck on contact in tight areas — she absorbs it and continues the play rather than reaching or panicking under pressure.
- Retrieval Control: Off loose pucks, her first touch settles possession cleanly. She doesn’t need a second adjustment before moving the puck, which keeps plays from stalling at the moment of retrieval when pressure is arriving fast.
Areas to Refine
- Open-Ice Economy: In open ice, extra motions can creep into her handle that don’t serve the play. Those additions invite pressure instead of avoiding it — trimming down to the essentials and letting her skating carry the puck will make her harder to close on.
- Skating-Handle Link: Her best sequences happen when her feet and hands work together. When she stops her feet to manage the puck, defenders catch up and her options narrow. Keeping her feet moving through the handle will preserve the separation her skating creates.
- Deception Layer: Most of her handles are honest — defenders can read the next move early. Adding a shoulder dip or weight shift before the touch will create just enough hesitation to keep opponents from timing her next action cleanly.
Key Strengths
- Delivery Accuracy: She hits the next option cleanly across all three zones. Passes arrive flat and on tape without drift, allowing receivers to stay in stride and continue the play rather than adjusting their feet for the puck.
- D-to-D Rhythm: Her partner passes have a reliable cadence — the right weight, the right timing, and consistent placement. That rhythm keeps transitions and regroups moving without forcing the partner to adjust to a difficult reception.
- Pressure Composure: Under a hard forecheck, she doesn’t rush the puck away. She holds her edges, keeps her hands available, and delivers once the lane opens rather than forcing a pass into coverage to escape pressure.
- Zone-to-Zone Range: She can execute the right pass in the right moment regardless of where she is on the ice. Whether it’s a short wall touch or a longer outlet, the delivery matches the play rather than defaulting to the safest option every time.
- First-Pass Reliability: Her first pass out of possession or off a retrieval lands where it needs to. That reliability shortens transition sequences and keeps her team moving forward rather than recycling possession through extra touches.
Areas to Refine
- Pass Deception: Her eyes and body telegraph the target before the puck moves, and she tends to wait for coverage to shift on its own rather than moving defenders with her feet before releasing. Learning to draw a forechecker in, disguise her intentions, and create the lane herself will open passing options that her current release doesn’t consistently access.
- Backhand Development: Her backhand passing needs reps and confidence, particularly on breakouts where stopping behind the net and hitting the first pass on the backhand side can dictate the entire sequence. Adding reliability there will give her a complete passing game from both sides.
- Read-to-Release Speed: At the college level, the window between read and release compresses significantly — defenders close faster, lanes disappear sooner, and passes that were available a beat ago are gone. The next step in her passing game is shortening that gap between identifying the option and pulling the trigger, so her accuracy translates at a pace where hesitation costs possession.
Key Strengths
- Motion Release: Her shot in motion is her sharpest weapon. The release comes quickly and without a load, forcing goalies to react faster than they’d prefer and limiting the time defenders have to close the lane before the puck is gone.
- Inside Danger: From the circles down, she gets pucks off her blade in stride with real pace. Those attempts from dangerous ice — quick, low, and on net — are the shots that produce the most direct pressure on the goalie.
- Compact Mechanics: Her shot doesn’t need setup to be effective. The motion stays short and controlled, which lets her release through traffic and off movement without sacrificing accuracy or pace.
- Low Point Shot: From the blue line, her slap shot stays low and generates rebound opportunities. Traffic in front has a chance to tip or redirect, and the placement keeps outcomes alive after the initial attempt.
- Release Timing: She reads when the window is open and shoots without hesitation. That decisiveness prevents defenders from closing lanes that exist only briefly and converts looks into attempts before coverage resets.
Areas to Refine
- Point Shot Load: When she has more time at the point, extended windups can cause pucks to rise or sail off target. Shortening the load and controlling the finish will give her a truer release and more consistent placement — especially as traffic builds in front.
- Follow-Through Control: Long follow-throughs on her harder attempts pull the shot high more often than necessary. Keeping the blade down through contact and finishing lower will improve both accuracy and the quality of rebound placement.
- Shot Variety: Her shooting game leans heavily on the motion release. Adding a quicker snap option from set positions — particularly at the point when the lane opens briefly — will give her a wider range of looks and make her harder to read as a shooter.
Key Strengths
- Motion Breakout Fit: She thrives in breakout structures built around movement rather than static positioning. Forwards swinging low, weak-side options appearing, space created through connected routes — her skating and early puck movement fit naturally inside those systems and make her a reliable piece of the breakout rather than a bottleneck.
- Pressure System Alignment: In the defensive zone, she’s at her best when the system encourages early closing rather than passivity. Given the green light to challenge routes and force rushed touches, she executes with the kind of conviction that turns defensive structure into possession swings.
- Transition Activation: Systems that free defensemen to activate at the right moment give her room to influence rushes rather than watch them develop. She reads those windows quickly and inserts herself without disrupting the structure around her.
- Offensive Zone Integration: She reads rotations well enough to become part of the cycle without breaking structure. Whether she’s sliding down low or working the blue line to keep the play alive, she fits inside the system rather than freelancing around it.
- Instinct-System Alignment: Her natural instincts — moving in motion, activating on pressure, making early decisions — align with systems that reward urgency. When the system asks for what she already does well, her shifts look organized, fast, and connected.
Areas to Refine
- Static System Adaptation: When a system requires her to hold position and resist activation, her competitive instincts can push her into movement that disrupts structure. Learning to channel that energy into reads rather than actions will make her effective inside a wider range of systems.
- Late-Shift Structure: As shifts extend, small deviations from her assignment can surface that disciplined opponents will find and exploit. Holding her structure through the full sequence — not just the opening — will make her a more reliable system piece from the drop of the puck to the whistle.
- Offensive Zone Patience: In possession sequences that slow down, she can drift from her assigned blue line role while looking to get more involved. Trusting the system to create her opportunity rather than searching for it will keep the structure intact and produce better results.
Key Strengths
- Quarterback Vision: When given a central role on the man-advantage, her reads sharpen and her tempo improves. She processes the kill’s movement quickly, identifies where pressure is coming from, and moves the puck before it arrives — keeping the unit in attack mode rather than managing coverage.
- Dual Threat Value: Penalty killers have to account for her twice — on the puck as a distributor and off it as a shooting threat on the flank. That dual responsibility pulls coverage in two directions and creates the openings her unit needs to generate clean looks.
- Touch Tempo: Her puck movement on the power play is clean and measured. She doesn’t hold the puck into pressure or force it away early — she reads the kill’s structure and times her release to keep defenders shifting rather than loading to one side.
- Flank Threat: As a shooting option on the flank, she gives the unit a legitimate point of attack away from the quarterback position. That presence stretches the kill horizontally and opens passing lanes that a one-dimensional power play wouldn’t access.
- Unit Cohesion: When she’s operating inside a defined role, she keeps the unit firing on all cylinders. Her communication, her positioning, and her puck decisions stay connected to what her teammates are doing rather than operating independently of the structure around her.
Areas to Refine
- Central Role Ownership: Her impact increases significantly when she’s given a quarterback role, but she doesn’t always assert herself into that position when the opportunity exists. Claiming that role with more confidence will give her unit a more consistent engine at the top of the structure.
- Shot Readiness: There are moments on the man-advantage where a shooting lane opens briefly and her blade isn’t loaded to take it. Getting her release ready earlier in the sequence — before the lane fully declares itself — will convert more of those windows into attempts.
- Seam Exploitation: When the kill collapses to take away her primary option, she doesn’t always identify the seam pass that opens behind that pressure. Reading one step further into the kill’s adjustment will unlock the next layer of her power play impact.
Key Strengths
- Defensive Alignment: Her positioning on the kill mirrors the strongest parts of her defensive identity. She protects dangerous ice first, keeps her body between the puck and the middle, and forces play outward before it can threaten the interior.
- Pressure Decisiveness: When it’s her turn to apply pressure, she commits without hesitation. Quick edges close space before attackers can settle, and she arrives with enough intensity to remove time before the next touch is organized.
- 1-on-1 Competitiveness: In direct confrontations on the kill, she outmatches most opponents at this level. Her gap control, stick timing, and physicality combine into pressure that’s difficult to play through cleanly.
- Fatigue Clearances: Even as shifts extend and fatigue builds, her clears carry weight and accuracy. She doesn’t chip blindly or throw pucks away — she clears with purpose, which makes her a reliable first option when the bench shortens and clean plays are hard to find.
- Edge Adjustment: Her edgework lets her redirect quickly as threats move across the zone. She doesn’t get caught flat-footed by lateral puck movement — she adjusts her feet early and stays connected to the threat without losing her defensive alignment.
Areas to Refine
- Pressure Finish: She closes with conviction but doesn’t always complete the final step into the attacker. That last stride — the one that removes the shooting or passing option entirely — is where her penalty kill pressure can still sharpen.
- Low Threat Coverage: When the puck settles below the goal line on the kill, she can drift slightly outside her lane while tracking it. That drift creates interior space that patient power plays will eventually exploit if it isn’t corrected.
- PK Communication: Her positioning and pressure instincts are strong, but she doesn’t always direct her partner verbally through coverage rotations. Getting that information out earlier — before the rotation is needed rather than during it — will keep the kill connected through complex power play sequences.
Key Strengths
- Matchup Reading: She identifies what the opponent in front of her is trying to do and adjusts her approach before the play fully develops. That recognition shows up in her gap choices, her pressure timing, and how she manages space against different types of attackers.
- Momentum Sensing: She reads when the game is shifting and responds through her play. After a big stop or a momentum swing, her next shift reflects that awareness — decisions tighten, routes sharpen, and she plays with a directed energy that influences the group around her.
- High-Stakes Decisions: In late-period situations and tight score moments, she consistently makes the right call. The safe touch, the controlled gap, the smart reversal — her choices in big moments reflect a maturity that goes beyond her current level.
- Directed Energy: When her details are sharp and her focus is locked in, she plays with an intensity that overwhelms opponents and elevates her team’s control of the shift. That energy is visible and contagious — teammates play with more urgency when she’s operating at her ceiling.
- Fast Recovery: When her focus slips and a decision drifts from her identity, she recalibrates quickly. The foundation of her awareness is strong enough that tightening her habits restores her impact within the same shift rather than requiring a full reset.
Areas to Refine
- Focus Consistency: Her awareness is at its best when her detail is sharp, but the moments where focus slips can produce decisions that drift from her identity. Building the habit of maintaining that detail level shift-to-shift — not just in high-stakes moments — will make her game awareness a constant rather than a peak.
- Momentum Assertion: She senses momentum swings well but doesn’t always impose herself to accelerate them in her team’s favor. There are moments where she manages the shift when a more assertive grab could tilt the game — trusting that instinct and acting on it will elevate her impact in pivotal sequences.
- Communication Leadership: Her awareness shows most clearly through her actions, but the next step is translating that read into direction for the players around her. Getting information out to teammates before situations develop — not just responding to them herself — will extend her awareness into a leadership tool.
Key Strengths
- System Instinct: She connects the system’s demands with her own reads without letting one limit the other. When the structure is in place, she operates with purpose inside it — knowing what needs to happen while still leaving room for her tools to carry the play when the opportunity opens.
- Full-Shift Vision: Her decisions reflect someone tracking the full shift, not just the puck. She keeps her assignment organized even as pressure builds elsewhere on the ice, which keeps her from getting pulled out of position by action that doesn’t involve her directly.
- Deliberate Decision-Making: Her choices with and without the puck are deliberate rather than improvised. That intentionality shows up in how rarely she’s caught reacting late — she’s already processed what the play needs before the moment fully arrives.
- Off-Puck Intelligence: When the action moves away from her, she stays connected to what’s developing. Her support positioning, her coverage adjustments, and her timing all reflect an awareness that doesn’t switch off the moment she releases the puck.
- Pressure Clarity: As sequences get chaotic and pressure builds, her reads stay organized. She doesn’t simplify into panic — she simplifies into the right play, which is a different thing entirely and a much harder habit to build.
Areas to Refine
- Read Assertion: Her sense is sharp, but there are moments where a strong read doesn’t fully translate into action. Trusting what she sees and committing to it without a second check will close the gap between her instinct and her execution.
- Manipulation Layer: She reads what defenders are doing but doesn’t consistently use that information to influence them before the play moves. Taking the next step — using her reads to pull opponents out of position rather than just avoiding them — will add a layer to her game that’s difficult to defend against.
- Complex Situation Reads: Her sense holds up well in structured sequences, but in broken or chaotic plays, the read can arrive a beat late. Getting comfortable making fast decisions when the play loses its shape will make her hockey sense a weapon in the moments that are hardest to prepare for.
Key Strengths
- Relentless Motor: Her intensity never wavers regardless of score, matchup, or fatigue. That pulse — present from the first shift to the last — gives her an edge in races and battles that opponents can’t scheme around because it never switches off.
- Natural Drive: Nothing about her compete feels performed or forced. It’s baked into how she plays, which means it shows up in the small moments — the stick lift in tight, the extra stride on a backcheck, the second effort on a loose puck — not just the visible ones.
- Division I Standard: Her work rate already lines up with what Division I programs demand from their hardest-working players. The compete habits she carries into college won’t need to be built from scratch — they’re already part of her identity.
- Pressure Response: When the game leans on her, she steps toward the moment instead of away from it. Big shifts, long defensive sequences, and high-stakes matchups bring out more from her rather than revealing a ceiling.
- Battle Consistency: In races and physical battles, she doesn’t pick her spots. She competes the same way whether the shift is clean or grinding, which makes her a reliable presence when the game gets hard and effort becomes the deciding factor.
Areas to Refine
- Controlled Aggression: Her compete is a genuine asset, but there are moments where that intensity pushes past the play — overextending in a battle or chasing a puck she’s already lost. Learning to keep that fire directed at the right target will make her compete smarter without making it smaller.
- Offensive Compete: Her intensity shows most clearly in defensive and neutral-zone sequences. Bringing that same urgency into offensive battles — net-front presence, puck pursuit in the offensive zone, second efforts on the attack — will round out her compete into a full-ice identity.
- Compete Leadership: Her work rate sets a standard that teammates notice, but she doesn’t always use it deliberately to raise the group. Being intentional about competing loudly in moments that lift others — not just effectively for herself — will turn her motor into a team asset.
Key Strengths
- Pressure Stability: When the shift gets hard or the moment gets big, her habits don’t change. She doesn’t get pulled into poor decisions or emotional reactions — she stays on her edges, keeps her structure, and plays through the pressure rather than trying to escape it.
- Mistake Recognition: When something goes wrong, she registers it quickly — a look that shows she saw the issue — and moves on. That recognition without reaction is exactly what coaches trust, because it means the mistake gets filed, not replayed.
- No-Spiral Response: She doesn’t let a breakdown compound into the next play. Whatever just happened stays in the past by the time her next shift starts, which keeps single moments from becoming patterns and patterns from becoming problems.
- Unit Stability: When the group around her breaks down, her composure doesn’t follow it. She stays centered and continues executing, which gives her teammates a reference point to recalibrate around rather than everyone drifting at once.
- Consistent Body Language: Her posture and presence stay even through volatile stretches. Nothing in her body language signals frustration or doubt, which keeps opponents from reading weakness and keeps her own focus from fragmenting under pressure.
Areas to Refine
- Emotional Assertion: Her composure is one of her strongest traits, but steadiness alone doesn’t always move a group. There are moments — after a big stop, a key turnover, a momentum shift — where channeling that composure into visible energy would lift her team more than staying even.
- Urgency Communication: Her tone stays level even when the situation calls for more. Getting information to teammates with sharper urgency in critical moments — without losing composure — will make her emotional steadiness a tool that directs others, not just anchors herself.
- Momentum Expression: When the game swings in her team’s favor, she processes it internally more than she expresses it outwardly. Letting those moments land — showing that she feels them — will help her team feed off the shift rather than letting it pass quietly.
Key Strengths
- Mistake Ownership: She takes accountability for errors without carrying them into the next play. Losing a battle or misreading a sequence doesn’t shake her identity — she acknowledges it, folds it into her focus, and goes right back after the play.
- Elevated Response: Mistakes don’t drop her level — if anything, they raise it. That response pattern is rare and valuable: most players tighten or withdraw after an error, but she uses it as fuel to re-engage with more intent.
- No-Hesitation Return: After a breakdown, she pushes herself back into the fight without pause. There’s no tentative next shift, no overcorrection, no visible hesitation — just a clean return to her identity and the next play.
- Situation-Driven Focus: When the moment demands a response — a goal against, a long defensive sequence, a shift that went wrong — her reset arrives with the urgency the situation calls for. She reads what’s needed and matches it.
- Identity Stability: No matter what happens in a shift, her game doesn’t lose its shape. The foundation stays intact, which means her resets restore her impact quickly rather than requiring a full rebuild of her confidence or her habits.
Areas to Refine
- Positive Momentum Building: She resets negatives cleanly, but doesn’t always build on successful sequences with the same energy. Extending a good stretch — staying aggressive and assertive after things go well — will turn resets into sustained shifts rather than returns to baseline.
- Vocal Reset: Her reset is visible through her movement and her next play, but it doesn’t always come with communication. Letting teammates know she’s back in it — through her voice, not just her actions — will help the group reset alongside her rather than independently.
- Reset Into Attack: After a breakdown, her reset prioritizes structure and stability first. The next step is resetting directly into assertive, attacking play — not just restoring order, but immediately pressing for advantage before the opposition can consolidate.
Frequently Asked Questions
Lucy Terzievski plans to attend law school after her college career with a focus on international law. She also wants to play professionally in the PWHL or in Europe.
Outside of hockey, Lucy serves as Vice President of both the Athletic and Art Councils, co-founded her school’s Mock Trial club, and is an active member of Model United Nations.
Lucy Terzievski works with Cody Crichton for video review and private skill sessions, trains with power skating coach Tara McKay, and follows a strength and conditioning program designed for her development.
Coaches should know Lucy Terzievski holds a DELF B1 French certification and is pursuing her B2. This credential is issued by France’s Ministry of Education and recognizes bilingual proficiency in over 140 countries.
Scott MacDonald
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