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Reply To: | Edward N. Moller |
Date: | Mon, 20 Oct 1997 21:34:10 -0400 |
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On Sat, 18 Oct 1997 21:20:11 -0400 Rich Shelley wrote:
> The team benches in Kelly rink are not the
> same distance from their respective nets
> (i.e., the visiting team's bench is farther
> away from the net it is defending in the
> 3rd period than BC's). Apparently, there is
> an NCAA rule covering this, which allows
> the visiting team to request an equal amount of time defending the net
> closest to their bench. Usually, this is done by splitting the 3rd period
> into 2
> 10 minute halves, although at least one opponent
> chose to split the first period instead.
> Interestingly, it was Jack Parker who picked up on this, when BU played
> BC on the facility's opening night, much to
> the chagrin of the folks at BC.
Quite frankly I don't know why more teams do this. BC's placement of the
visitor's bench is a big foul-up in the construction of Kelly Rink. Anyone
attending a game there can see it provides the opponent with a huge
disadvantage in the third period.
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