I'm concerned about the size of the playing surface. It seems to me that with hockey being a "game of inches" a few less feet of room could lead to injuries from players not expecting the boards to be where they are etc.
Like it's one thing when you go from NHL to International, since that's more space to work with... but less space is a different story. Although, I suppose international teams deal with it ok when they come over here to play events on NHL rinks, so maybe it's a non-issue.
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