i agree with you - anything that allows for more skating and passing and
less clutching
and grabbing is good for the game - unfortunately it's unrealistic to think
the bigger ice
sheets will be built in the near future - remodeling older rinks probably
would involve
taking out seats (lost revenue) and i don't envision schools/pro teams
building many new rinks
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chesley, Clair" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: Changes at the Whit ?


> I have to put my 2 cents in on this one.  I really like hockey on
"Olympic"
> ice.  The game on the big sheet is more about passing and skating and less
> about clutching, grabbing, and checking. And throwing the puck at the net
to
> see if something happens.  Granted the game is slower but all the great
> passing and the puck control makes the game better (for me anyway) to
watch.
> And I also suspect that it is harder to play the defensive system that
> Detroit plays.  It's easier to go around the trap when there is so much
more
> ice.
> The Russians always played on the big sheet and that's why their skating
and
> their passing was so superior for so many years.  I'm guessing that even
the
> Russians that are playing today have  benefited from having been "brought
> up" on the Olympic sized arenas.
>
> My grandfather played when the teams skated 4 guys and a goalie.  He
always
> said that when they added the fifth skater that it spoiled the game.
>
> That's my opinion;  I'm interested in other's.
>
> Have a great day everyone!
>
> Clair
>
> GO BLUE!!!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan Doucette [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 4:45 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Changes at the Whit ?
>
> There are minimums and maximums, but in between, you can size it any way
you
> want.
>
> The Whit at present and several other NC$$ schools use the so-called
> "Olympic" sheet at 200 x 100.  NC$$ "recommended" width is 100 feet (see
the
> rule book, it's actually in there !)  I'm not aware of anyone above
possibly
> the ECHL level of professional hockey in North America that, in an arena
> they control, play on the larger surface -- certainly nowhere in the NHL.
>
> One regulation brought in was, interestingly enough, that unless the rink
> was "grandfathered" (built before enactment of the rule), that both teams'
> benches have to be on the same side of the rink.  Referee has discretion
to
> have teams change ends in the middle of all or all three periods if it is
> their opinion that "conditions are more favorable to play at one end of
the
> rink than at the other".
>
> John G - do I have this right ?
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:53:36 -0400, Jim Leinart <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> >Aren't the size of ice surfaces standard or controlled by regulatory
> >agencies such as the NCAA?
> >
> >
> >"Never forget the legacy of Shawn Walsh".
> >
> >