>Denver's coach George Gwozdeki (sp) made an interesting point in one of the
>west regional games saying that the coaches seem to prefer the NHL sheet as
>it lends itself to more of an offensive game as opposed to the defensive
>minded game you play on the international sheet.
 
I wonder if I'm missing something here. I thought the major difference between an NHL and International rink was that the NHL rink was narrower and possibly with less room behind the goal lines.  If so, the DU coach's comments are
counter-intuitive.  I would have guessed that the larger ice surface would make it more difficult for the "slower" skating defensemen to keep up with the speedier forwards, hence making the game on the larger rink more "offensive".  Did I get my
definition of rink sizes backwards?
 
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