Penalty shots have been part of hockey for a long time
by DakotaDomer (2018-06-18 21:26:35)

In reply to: SO's are a joke - there's a reason the NHL...  posted by BIGSKYND

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And while rare I’d say they might have been less rare than 3on3 hockey

At least Penalty shots don’t require you to invent whole new offensive and defensive strategies for a phase of he game that would be better served as a tie

Penalty shots are different from the SO...
by BIGSKYND  (2018-06-19 09:31:35)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

they're not used to decide games, with a best of 3 - keep going format; they're rarely called; and, maybe because there's no time for prep they don't involve the gimmicky lateral skate all over the frigging ice for 5 minutes leading to the shot. It's all a matter of choice but there's a reason a lot of hard core hockey people don't like the SO.