That brings to mind a question.  Since it isn't illegal for your own man
to be in the crease, what if on a power play you wedged three bodies
into the goal mouth in such a way that there isn't any room for a puck
to get through at all?  Kind of dangerous for the foolhardy souls
willing to give up their bodies to a slap shot, but illegal?  Viable?

Tom Rowe

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Subject: Re: new nets?

Someone commmented during the final five that the goalie equipment in
the pros was going to be scaled back a bit and be the same size as
college. If you look at the goalies in college hockey this season there
isn't a lot of room to score even on a smaller goalie like Jordan
Parise. The equipment is way too big. It can make a bad goalie good.

Eric Burton
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Subject: Re: new nets?


At 4-4-2005 10:17 PM -0500, Eric Burton wrote:
>You have to be kidding me. I think that net looks like a God awful
>gimmick. I think if hockey wants to facilitate scoring make the goalie
>equipment smaller.

Notice the date on the article...

That said, something /could/ be done by way of cutting down on the size
of the appliances that goalies use in the here-and-now.  I can
understand protection, but some of those goalies go better than 4 x 6
when they stretch out.  It can make it tough to score.  Or maybe a
larger net would be good?


Joe
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