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 LET'S GO RED!! "It's amazing that men and women get together at all, because we're total opposites. A woman wants a man to satisfy her every need, while a man wants every woman to satisfy his one need." -- Jeff Stilson