Mike Machnik writes: >> 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. << I still don't see it as a NECESSITY, but rather a LUXURY, but again, that's just my opinion on the mattter --- perhaps after being a deprived Midget A for so long has gotten to me :-) Mike "Rocky" Bishop -= GO HABS GO! =- Stanley Cup '95 UA ICECATS IN THE PCHL!