I, too, agree with those posters who have argued for the return to the
3 on 3, 4 on 4 arrangements following coincindental minors since I have
witnessed several thrilling bits of frenetic hockey during these manpower
situations in the past. (One of the most famous bits of UNH hockey lore
occured on a 3 on 3 during a quarterfinal playoff in March, 1974. UNH,
then in the ECAC, scored three times in just over a minute to tie up the game
against RPI.)
 
Mike M.'s post about the NC$$'s concern that taking men off the ice for
coincidental minors would deprive people of more playing time seems to
be a legitimate issue, but, if this is based on the NHL argument, I cannot
see the logic involved. NHL players get 80+ games per year to log ice time.
I still believe that the college equivalent to the oft-mentioned "Edmonton
Rule" does make more sense. With some schools (such as UNH) constructing
new facilities with Olympic-sized ice sheets, and other programs concentrating
on speedy forwards, etc., I can see that the trend would be to keep the "loweredcoincidental manpower" situations completely off the drawing board.
 
(But, that's not to say that I wouldn't love to see it come back! :))
 
                                        Bob C.
                                        (The Corner Man)
 
                                       (The Last Man to Leave Snively Arena..)