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Originally Posted by Wood
About time
I've wondered for years why they don't just put a chip in the puck to know for a fact whether it crosses the goal line or not, let alone all the other awesome features that will come along with having all the players tracked as well
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IIRC, they tried the chip-in-puck thing in the 90s but the players felt the puck 'wasn't the same'. I believe it had something to do with how it froze.
Ha! link -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FoxTrax
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Despite the puck having passed rigorous tests by the NHL to qualify as an official puck, matching the non-enhanced puck in every material way, some players[who?] claimed the enhanced puck had more rebound,[4] and were frustrated that the pricey pucks were not available for practice.[citation needed]
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It was a horrible thing back then. However, tagging technology has come so far since the 90's so who knows... maybe it'll be better this time! As long as they don't bring back the blue glow... ugh...