Arthur writes:
>As long as we're exploring ridiculous ways to resolve tie games...
 
Oh boy, don't get me started.  I remember listening to the Sports
Huddle (here in Boston) about 16 years ago when the NHL was just
starting to go to regular season OT, and the Huddlers asked callers
to come up with the most imaginative ways of deciding a tie game.
Such as, each team has a designated swimmer.  If the game ends in
a tie, the temperature in the rink is boosted to 70-80 degrees, melting
the ice, and the designated swimmers go the length of the rink to
decide the game.
 
But this one was the best...it has me laughing now, years later:
 
Game ends in a tie.  Each team selects one designated shooter.  A puck
is placed in front of each net at the top of the crease.  The two
shooters come out to center ice...no goalies.  The referee blows the
whistle, the shooters leave center ice and skate towards the puck in
the other team's crease, attempting to score on the open nets.
 
However...
 
One of the two pucks is a plastic explosive.
 
The clincher is, the winner of the game is the team whose player was
unlucky enough to get the explosive...his team gets the win in his
honor.
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