February 22, 2010

Overtime format decided!

Monday, February 22, 2010

 

League owners have come to a concensus on deciding tie games without resorting to shootouts in the playoffs, while still avoiding the possibility of curfews in some of our arenas.  We're slightly altering our format from last year give us the best chance of avoiding that problem, and avoiding using shootouts at all in the playoffs.

 

At the end of regulation, teams will get a 2 minute breather, before going right into a ten minute OT period.  If still tied, the ice will be resurfaced, and the teams will play 20 minute periods as normal until a winner is determined.

 

The difference this year is we will play 4 on 4 from the start of OT!  Last season, OT was all 5 on 5, and while we were fortunate not to run into problems, we believe 4 on 4 will produce goals far more quickly, provide more intense and exciting do or die action, and still avoid having to use the dreaded shootout to decide playoff games.