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[...] Want to check out a few of those articles? Here’s some discussion for 3-on-3 overtime, adding four extra inches of space behind the net to bring “Gretzky’s office” back to life, moving an official off the ice to get a [...]

By: NYRFTW

NYRFTW — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 21:04:08 +0000

A standard NHL rink is 200 feet long and 85 feet wide, with goal lines 11 feet from the end boards. This ice size eliminates time and space, which eliminates most scoring chances. Players now are way to big and fast for this ice surface. They train al year and there is really no off season. Scoring mostly revolves around the PP, which is a cheap way to win games in my opinion. Hockey is designed to be 5-5, not 5-4, 5-3. The better team should be able to win playing 5-5. A smaller ice surface promotes more opportunity to take penalties since time and space is basically eliminated.
International ice is 210 feet long and 98 feet wide. Goal lines are 13 feet from the end boards. The extra room allows more time and space, which leads to more scoring chances. This size is more practical to the current NHL player and would give a throwback look to what the NHL looked like in the 80′s and early 90′s when players were scoring way more goals, or at least having a lot more opportunities to score.
The NHL doesn’t need to make goals bigger, goalie pads smaller, create horrible rules that turn fans off. Just increase the size of the ice to international and the game will be great again!

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