The substitution rules like in soccer or baseball do not apply to hockey. Here are the two relevant passages, taken from the NCAA Hockey Rulebook:
When substitution for an injured goalkeeper is made, the substitute goalkeeper must play in goal until the first stoppage of play thereafter, except when a team substitutes a sixth player for the goalkeeper when a delayed penalty is signaled
against the opposing team.
The number of times a player may be substituted (i.e., withdrawn from, or returned to, the game within the same period, or otherwise) is unlimited. (Exceptions: Rule 81.2 and 85.4.) A substitute player is not required to notify an on-ice
official before engaging in play; and, while the officials shall not begin play with extra players on either team, the responsibility of playing with the proper number rests with the teams.
---------Sean Keller
I didn’t think UMD switched goalies because he was tired; the announcers said that the goalie was cramping up and just couldn’t continue. How would you feel as a back up goalie coming in to a situation like
that? Thrilled? Scared S$$less? I was wondering whether the rules in hockey are like those in soccer or baseball. If the goalie came out and was able to hydrate well, could they have put him back in? Or once he was out, he wasn’t allowed back in.
That's what happens in long overtimes... if there isn't a goal early in the (first) overtime, the game winner is more likely to be a sloppy goal due to fatigue.
I think coaches in tournament overtimes have interesting strategic choices:
- put out your top line(s) to try and win it early?
- go with your regular lines, to keep everyone somewhat fresh?
- at some point, if you see an opportunity put out your 3rd or 4th line, because they are fresh and the other team's
1st or 2nd line isn't?
Do you switch from your top line to a more normal rotation before the other team does? Is your double-shifted 1st line better than their 3rd line?
Of course, it all depends on your team, and the situation in that game. How tired are they? How deep is your roster? What are the ice conditions? ...
I don't think i've heard of a team changing goalies for long overtimes, that would be a bold move.
--david
On 3/28/21 11:28 AM, Mark Lewin wrote:
I agree totally. There was nothing spectacular about the winning shot. It was a mental mistake on the part of the UND goalie. Not detracting from his performance. Although he doesn’t expend his physical energy
as much as a forward or defenseman, he needs to keep mentally alert and doesn’t get a rest on the bench during line changes. After 3 periods plus 5 overtime periods, the ability to focus mentally is just as impaired as the ability to skate and shoot. I’m
sure that last goal will haunt this poor kid for the rest of his life. But the team in front of him didn’t score the winning goal and the team in front of him didn’t defend against the UMD player who scored the winning goal. It’s really true what the coaches
say: you win as a team and you lose as a team.
As I sit and think about it more, I suspect goalie fatigue played a role. The shot was not fully screened, wasn't a screamer, and the goalie (name escapes me) just didn't get his 5-hole closed quick enough.
I really think earlier in the game he would have stopped that shot. That brings to mind, did ND have a fresh second goalie they could have put in? Or do you folks see it differently.
Tom Rowe
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The water never clears up until you get the hogs out of the creek.
Excelsior Ad Astra!
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On 3/28/2021 10:31 AM, Robert Woodbury wrote:
At the 2nd OT intermission, I fell unknowingly asleep. When I woke up, I didn’t realize I had been asleep (the joys of old age), thinking the 3rd overtime was coming up. Then I saw the final score of the Minnesota game. That couldn’t be.
The start of the 3rd OT and the Minnesota third period would both start at about the same time. There was a never-ending series of commercials, then back to the intermission hosts who said nothing about where we were in the game, more commercials, then the
game. She almost I’m mediately said it was the start of the 5th OT. That got my attention. Had I really slept through the 3rd and 4th OTs? Yes. The Dogs scored quickly, I smiled, turned off the TV and lights and resumed resting until 9:30 this morning. The
joys of a hockey fan.
Wow. Just, Wow. Shattered the OT record (although not the longest game I ever witnessed). I sure thought ND was going to pull it out, but UMD got one screened shot home. Hope everyone had a chance to watch it live.
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Tom Rowe
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The water never clears up until you get the hogs out of the creek.
Excelsior Ad Astra!
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