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Go Straight To 3-On-3 In OT

03/21/2015 at 5:49pm EDT

from Larry Brooks of the New York Post,

It wasn’t until 1965-66 — ancient history to most of you, but well within my frame of reference and experience watching from the side balcony at the old Garden — that the league allowed teams to replace skaters on coincidental majors.

So there was a fair amount of three-on-three hockey following brawls. Obviously it was a different time and the game wasn’t immediately on the line, but most teams played very conservatively.

As I remember it, there was little breakneck, end-to-end action. Games seemed to be in holding patterns.

And I think a half-century later, that will be the case as often as not, and surely if we’re talking the final three minutes of a potential seven-minute OT.

If the league is committed to gimmickry to produce a guaranteed winner (and partial loser), then let’s get straight to three-on-three.

Chances are it will be more difficult under that scenario for coaches to reign in their top talent. But you can be sure, some will try.

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