Carol writes: >For those of you that saw the little bit of the hockey games which were >broadcast: what do you think of the "International rule" of how they settle a >tie to determine who wins the game, by a "shoot-out"??? Well, it's better than a coin flip, but only slightly. I didn't see any of the games, since I don't have access to TBS, but the shoot-outs remind me of the penalty-kick business in the World Cup games, which I did see and which were pretty lousy. These things seem to place an unreasonably high emphasis on luck. >Personally, I think that the teams should play more than one overtime, before >invoking the "shoot-out" rule. Actually I believe they should keep playing >until a normally scored goal decides the contest. Agreed. A sudden-death multiple-overtime hockey game is often pretty exciting, with a lot of defensive and goaltending gems. Do international hockey fans really demand such a quick resolution of overtime tie games? Bill Fenwick Cornell '86 LET'S GO RED!! "Did you ever stop to think that when you go to court and face a jury, you're putting your life in the hands of twelve people who aren't smart enough to get out of jury duty?" -- Norm Crosby