[icarus]

Some great points made and it looks like Bingo is the only one who thinks the same as me.

I suppose they don't practice 6-on-3 much but if you stick a player behind the net you could do some serious cycling until the other team gets discombobulated. Clearly puck possession is critical throughout the powerplay but as Bingo says, it is tough enough for three defenders to get enough possession to clear on a 5-on-3, let alone a 6-on-3.

Sure Hartley would have gotten the goat horns if it backfired but momentum was not on our side, and it was desperation time. The 5-on-3 should have scored but I would have stacked the odds even more and taken the gamble.