As I have heard it... The rationale behind remaining at the same end of the ice for all overtime periods is because the benches then remain in your defending zone for the entire time. The point is that a bad change situation won't cause a goal. Obviously the idea is to have overtime decided by a good play. I do not know how this would work at an arena like Boston College where the home team bench is in the center of the ice and the visiting team bench is on their offensive half of the ice. On another overtime note: IS anyone else disappointed with the lack of penalties called in OT?? I can understand loosening up a little in overtime and not letting a power-play resulting from a marginal call decide the game. HOWEVER, the blatant punch to the head delivered by Michigan's goaltender (Turco) to a Maine forward after the whistle was outrageous as were many other "TACKLES" made by both teams, many times stopping good scoring chances. It has always been my opinion that a penalty in the first minute of a game should be called at any other time during the game. I thought that all the way through the game this was not the case. The officials would let a play go and a m,inute later the identical play would happen and a penalty would be called (right at the beginning of the game this happened). Maybe the officials just had a bad night, anyway, their no-call menality probably was one of the reasons we witnessed the longest game. Without the hooking, holding and tackling, IMO, the game wouldn't have made it past the first OT. Ryan Stone See you on Saturday in Providence...