>Mike Bishop writes: >>John Edwards writes: >>>>NO!! Resurfacing would _NOT_ be necessary before a 10 minute overtime. >... >>resurfacing, IMHO, is *NOT* an issue. > >Mike Machnik responds: >Actually, it is...already, they feel that the ice towards the latter >stages of the 5-min OT is bad enough, and that extending the time the >game would be played on that ice any more would certainly require >making ice. I tend to agree. > Aren't "they" the same "they" who a couple of years ago toyed with the idea of playing hockey in two 25-minute halves? Was ice quality one of the reasons that idea was rejected? Cornell's late, lamented junior varsity team used to play lots of its games in two 25-minute halves, and I don't remember the quality of the ice ever being an issue. **************************************************************************** Arthur C. Mintz [log in to unmask] (607) 255-1487 Senior Project Leader Cornell Information Technologies / Information Resources "Never confuse motion with progress."