That is all
Idlehands wrote:
That is all
Great game of hockey... a good advert for the NHL.
Unlucky Canada, well done USA.
Observations:
You have to take your chances.
3 v 3 OT... It's wild. All that space.
Idlehands wrote:
That is all
Great game of hockey... a good advert for the NHL.
Unlucky Canada, well done USA.
Observations:
You have to take your chances.
3 v 3 OT... It's wild. All that space.
On 2026-02-22 11:42 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
Great game of hockey... a good advert for the NHL.
Unlucky Canada, well done USA.
Observations:
You have to take your chances.
3 v 3 OT... It's wild. All that space.
It was a good game,
my initial comment came right after the goal.
For the gold medal it should remain 5 on 5 sudden death, just
like the Stanley Cup.
Idlehands wrote:
On 2026-02-22 11:42 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
Great game of hockey... a good advert for the NHL.
Unlucky Canada, well done USA.
Observations:
You have to take your chances.
3 v 3 OT... It's wild. All that space.
It was a good game,
It really was.
I thought it was a highly entertaining final for the Gold
medal... it was great to see two elite teams going at it.
Welcome back to the Olympics NHL players!
my initial comment came right after the goal.
Quite understandable for a Canadian. I'd have been rightly
pissed off with it too. Canada played really well and ye can all
be proud of them. They gave it their best shot.
For the gold medal it should remain 5 on 5 sudden death, just
like the Stanley Cup.
This I'm not 100% decided on... I love the 3 v 3 OT, all that
space brings the really skillful players to the fore... and it's
better than a shoot-out. However, 3 v 3 also makes it a bit of a
lottery where one slip can mean game over!
Strangely enough, there is actually a 3 v 3 "world cup" hockey
tournament over here in June... part of the 3ICE organisation
which launched a couple of years ago promoting 3 v 3 hockey. One
of their tag lines is "Three on Three Overtime All the Time"...
it should be interesting...
https://www.3ice.com/3ice-world-cup
3 on 3 allows for too much luck and less skill, when gold
is on the line the game should continue as it was played in
regular time, this is why Stanley Cup playoffs are played
that way.
Excitement aside, it takes away from the spirit of the game,
IMHO of course.
Idlehands wrote:
3 on 3 allows for too much luck and less skill, when gold
is on the line the game should continue as it was played in
regular time, this is why Stanley Cup playoffs are played
that way.
Excitement aside, it takes away from the spirit of the game,
IMHO of course.
I think it was probably more about time than the excitement
level. 3 v 3 at that level just means it's more likely that
the OT period isn't going to last very long! Which keeps the
IOC schedules and broadcasters happy...
On 2026-02-24 6:56 a.m., Blueshirt wrote:
Idlehands wrote:
3 on 3 allows for too much luck and less skill, when gold
is on the line the game should continue as it was played in
regular time, this is why Stanley Cup playoffs are played
that way.
Excitement aside, it takes away from the spirit of the game,
IMHO of course.
I think it was probably more about time than the excitement
level. 3 v 3 at that level just means it's more likely that
the OT period isn't going to last very long! Which keeps the
IOC schedules and broadcasters happy...
That's is probably the correct answer, one cannot change the TV
schedule. However I remember some Cup playoff games that went late into
the night as they tried to break a tie.
At least they have dropped the shoot out, thank goodness.
On Feb 25, 2026, Idlehands wrote:
At least they have dropped the shoot out, thank goodness.
I thought if nobody had scored after 10 minutes of 3 on 3
it would go to a shootout, in the Olympics.
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