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devo22 · 03-10-2014, 06:09 AM

maybe only a little tweak to OT rules would help:

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie
Damien Echevarietta of NHL Hockey Ops/Player Safety will be making his annual push for all OT to be always played with the "long change."

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie
There's more NHL goal-scoring in 2nd periods (long change) than 1st or 3rd. He believes making that one change may settle more games in OT.

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie
USHL had 23% of its games go to OT (roughly same as NHL). USHL went to long-change OT, settled 10 per cent more games with that one change.

You just let teams switch sides before OT ... could very well affect how things go.

03-10-2014, 06:09 AM	#48
devo22 Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Austria, NOT Australia Exp:	maybe only a little tweak to OT rules would help: Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie Damien Echevarietta of NHL Hockey Ops/Player Safety will be making his annual push for all OT to be always played with the "long change." Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie There's more NHL goal-scoring in 2nd periods (long change) than 1st or 3rd. He believes making that one change may settle more games in OT. Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie USHL had 23% of its games go to OT (roughly same as NHL). USHL went to long-change OT, settled 10 per cent more games with that one change. You just let teams switch sides before OT ... could very well affect how things go.