I think that is true for the NCAA to recognize the outcome of the game. For NCAA purposes, (according to USCHO), those two
games will be recorded as tie games.
>I see that both games of the Ice Breaker last night were 2-2 ties,
>with advancement determined by shootouts. I thought (as a resut of a
>HOCKEY-L discussion from a couple of years ago) that the NCAA required
>20-minute overtimes be used *whenever* a game required an outcome for
>advancement purposes. Has there been a rule change?
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