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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
This timeout stuff. Is there any proof it does anything to change momentum? Especially in the NHL where there are long TV timeout 3 times in a period.
I could see in a junior game without the TV breaks but the NHL has long breaks throughout the game.
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No proof of which I'm aware, but coaches use(d) it regularly to either break up the other team's momentum or steady their own guys. Old school now - at least a bit - with coaches wanting to wait for possible challenges, but at least anecdotally effective.
See here:
https://thehockeywriters.com/what-ha...mely-timeouts/
or
http://www.prosmarthockey.com/blog/e...rategy-coaches
and someone wrote a thesis on it (at least in basketball...):
https://scholarship.tricolib.brynmaw...pdf?sequence=2
This last one does indicate modest gains after a timeout (defined as one taken after 6 consecutive points were scored against the team) in basketball and shows that there can be some momentum shift.
Couldn't find one specifically dealing with hockey, but I wouldn't be surprised if someone in the sports psychology field hasn't (or isn't) studying it.