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Resolute 14 · 07-11-2014, 04:13 PM

3 on 3 is not ideal, but it's better than the shootout, and it dramatically reduces the number of shootouts. The AJHL does 4 on 4, then 3 on 3, then shootout. Only one team had more than six shootouts last year (in a 60 game season), the average was four, and a couple had only one. In the NHL last year, only one team had less than seven shootouts, and the average was 12.

07-11-2014, 04:13 PM	#28
Resolute 14 In the Sin Bin Join Date: Jan 2003 Exp:	3 on 3 is not ideal, but it's better than the shootout, and it dramatically reduces the number of shootouts. The AJHL does 4 on 4, then 3 on 3, then shootout. Only one team had more than six shootouts last year (in a 60 game season), the average was four, and a couple had only one. In the NHL last year, only one team had less than seven shootouts, and the average was 12.