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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
It takes less than 10 seconds to go get a stick in the 2nd period, and more like 5 seconds in the 1st and 3rd periods. The offensive team isn't getting a 5 on 4 situation set up in that amount of time.
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Issue with this is that a team down a man on penalty kill knows this and the players adjust accordingly, playing a zone.
If a player breaks a stick and beelines to the bench, the rest of the defensive team is playing man to man and the now uncovered player can float in to prime scoring position unmarked.
It would take a concentrated team effort of ok, teammate has broken his stick, we will shift to PK structure and let him race to bench.