Mike writes:
 
>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.
 
Now, here's a thread that just cries out to be continued... so... if the NC$$
adopts this procedure, what happens if the "winning" designated shooter has a
scholarship?  Does the team immediately get to offer it to another player, or
do they have to wait until next season, or...  :-)
 
But seriously, if it's so dang important to the NC$$ (or anyone else) to
avoid ties, then why don't they just do in the regular season what they do
in the playoffs -- play overtimes until somebody scores.  There wouldn't be
THAT many 4 OT marathons...
--
Bill Fenwick
Cornell '86 and probably '94
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