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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
The NHL and KHL are the only two major hockey leagues that share this specific point system, however, in the majority of other leagues, the point systems are completely different and yet the OTL point remains.
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The AHL and all three CHL leagues use the same points system. They tally OTL and SOL in separate columns, but give one point for each. They adopted the loser point because the NHL did it.
The NCAA, SHL, DEL, and Swiss National League have three points for a regulation win and no loser point. All games are worth the same number of points.
The ‘loser point’ that people are complaining about is specifically the
additional point awarded to the loser in OT/SO of a game for which the winner receives the full number of points for a regulation win. This is the NHL's own bad idea, imitated by its principal North American feeder leagues.