Comments on: NHL Board of Governors officially eliminates shootout wins from tie-breaker process

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By: John

John — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 07:44:03 +0000

Hopefully this is is the beginning of the end for shootouts. It has no place in hockey. Personally, if I’m watching a game that is still tied after overtime, I turn it off. When the new 4 on 4 overtime started it was in many cases the best hockey of the game. This stopped after the philosophy of “lets not lose it in OT, we’ll take our chances in the shootout” crept in. Let em play 10 minutes of 4 on 4, if there is still not a winner, nobody gets the extra point.

By: David

David — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:38:49 +0000

Respectfully disagree on that one. I could never go back to the days of tie games. Hard enough to watch, even harder when you drop money to go out to the game, only to leave the same way you arrived. The game may as well have not been played. While many are against the shootout, saying it has little to do with hockey, I am for it. First, it is a great way to engage fans, which should always be a priority. Also, ever since age 5, hockey players participate in team shootouts after practice, so it is sort of ingrained in the “hockey lifestyle.”