a changing of style
Just a year ago, the National Hockey League adopted a new way to play overtime. They tossed away the old format of five on five hockey, and created four on four hockey just for overtime. This allowed players to play a more open style of play, that which emulates the European method. The new design only permitted the finesse players on the ice during the five minutes of play. This was because “Coaches did not want the goons on the ice to make an unintelligent penalty to cause the team to be a man short therefore making the game a three on four situation” (CNNSI.COM). Players like Pittsburgh’s Jaromir Jagr, enj . . .
“This obviously shows that fans would approve of the ideas of playing a full four on four game” (ESPN MAGAZINE). They made rule changes for post players, making them get rid of the ball in quicker time. Bibliography Adelson, Eric. This could possibly give them an even bigger amount of ratings than that of what it already gets. Fan approval has been shown, ESPN’s “National Hockey Night” had a ratings boost of nine percent last year and they credit the new overtime format for the jump. Although many critics put down the idea of four on four as being a lame way to get ratings, they ended up shutting up. Even the NBA sort of followed the NHL. It is not called “the fastest game in the world” for nothing; overtime proves that.
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