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Reply To: | John T. Whelan |
Date: | Wed, 25 Mar 1998 15:27:30 -0700 |
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Richard Hungerford says:
>I like it a lot, because you're always in it, right up until the end of
>the second game. A 5-10 minute spell of magic anytime can give you the
>overall win.
Unless my math is lacking (and they do say that about
physicists), a team is less likely to be "in it" till the end in a
total-goals series than in a best-of-three, three points, or even two
games + mini-game series. If you get blown out in game one, it's a
lot harder to win the total goals series in game two than it is just
to win the second *game* and tie the series. In any situation where a
total goals series would still be up for grabs, a real two-game series
would have just as strong a possibility of going to a deciding game.
Granted, a team might fall hopelessly behind in the deciding game, but
they could fall even further behind in a two-game total-goals series.
(5-1, 5-1 means you need an eight-goal comeback in a total goals
series. How much magic are you looking for?)
Then again, I think 2-1 is the most exciting score a hockey
game can have, so perhaps I'm one of those defensive types. :-)
John Whelan, Cornell '91
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