On Thu, 13 Oct 1994, M. David wrote: > This not about college hockey per say but is of genral hockey intrest. > > Last night ESPN 2 showed the IHL game between Atlanta and Minnesota. In > the game they used a "fire puck". This puck was equiped with special > refelective tape that made it glow on TV but appeared normal to those in > the stands. The purpose of it was to make the game more telengenic > because the puck will be easier to see. I personally found little > difference in my abilty to follow the puck. I was wondering if anybody > else saw the game and what they thaught of the puck and if college hockey > should try something like this for the games that are shown on TV. > > David > David, I thought it was a lot easier to see. I could even see the puck hit the crossbar, because it left a "trace" of sorts. However, at last year's IHL All-Star game they used the same type of puck, and it was not very easy to see because the lighting wasn't that great. I think the lighting may have been better because a national network was doing the game. If a Prime affiliate had been doing the game this may not have been the case. James