From:         Dave Kaufman <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      NC$$, HE, and shootouts
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If the NC$$ considers shootouts to be ties regardless of the outcome, then
what's the point?
 
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I don't like the idea of shootouts to begin with, and this just takes what
might be construed as exciting and renders it virtually meaningless.
 
Dave / RPI '91
LET'S GO RED!!
 
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Sort of along the lines of what Dave's saying, the biggest problem I have
here is the fact that only HE is doing this.  As you all probably know,
I'm in no means a shootout fan, but if this rule change was implemented
"across-the-board" then I'd be willing to give it a season or two to see
if I'd like it.
 
Just like "Hockey Half-time" and the 1 ref/2 ref situations, I just don't
like the idea of having different conferences on different pages.  It
could be argued that this situation isn't as bad since a shoot-out is just
a glorified tie.  But I wonder if the outcome of a HE game this year may
be different than it would be if there weren't any shootouts.  I.e.  Will
a team play different towards the end of regulation or in OT if it knows a
shoot-out is coming then if there wasn't a shootout?  If this is so than
the shootout is a bad thing.
 
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Steve Weisfeldt                                   Go River Hawks!!!!!!!!
Univ. of Lowell (now UMASS-Lowell)  1986, 1988
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