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Originally Posted by Northendzone
if you are a golaie and play 3-3 on a small ice surface, you need to have a thick skin, because you get lit up.
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Not a bad point, but believe it or not he likes 3 on 3 just fine. While more goals are scored, there are also more saves being made. We get him to focus on his saves.
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if you are playing east-west - then you also need to think about marking the ice for face off dots and what about offsides?
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There is one face off in 3 on 3, that is at the start of the game. The rest of the time, the team pulls the puck out of the net and play starts again.
Offsides, there are none. That is why I think a mix of 3 on 3 and full ice 5 on 5, is a good idea.
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Other issue becomes number of dressing rooms - most rinks have 4 to 6 at the most - if you have two half ice games goign on then you need 4 rooms for that ice time - plus rooms for the next ice time.
Seems like shirking the ice is initially a good idea - but there is more to consider than just moving the ents.
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There is no increase in # of dressing rooms needed, at least in my experience. In Sylvan the novice teams have approx 17 players. When they play 3 on 3, they just split the two teams up. Lest standing on the bench waiting to go out and skate.
To be honest I have trouble seeing how the few negatives outweigh the many positives.