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CCHA Fans, Re: Shootouts.

Re: CCHA Fans, Re: Shootouts.

wolverineTrumpet said:
Me too. I wanted to leave, but curiousity kept me in my seat. The one shootout I saw was enough.


I think basketball games should be resolved with slam dunk contests (It's not like they play defense in the NBA anyway). That would be even more awesome than hockey shootouts. An individual skill competition that keeps Joe Redneck entertained because while he has no problem marrying his cousin, he hates ties that are like "kissing your sister".

I propose next year all CCHA games where the score remains tied after 5 minutes of overtime, the home team should pick the intermission game (tricycle race, frozen t-shirt, etc) of their choice for the teams to compete at to determine a winner. This will help bring in the casual fans who have always wanted to be a college athlete. They may get an opportunity to try the same competitions at intermission.


Ties are a part of life and are often the correct result of a game. There is not a winner in every battle, but the outcome of each battle helps to determine the winner of the war. Accept the tie and keep the integrity of the team sport.
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I sure hope Gary Bettman doesn't see this post. He would be on these ideas for the NHL in a heartbeat!
(but we're probably safe, as only someone who likes hockey would be on a college hockey board)
 
Re: CCHA Fans, Re: Shootouts.

hudspart said:
To quote Otto from A Fish Called Wanda, "We didn't lose Vietnam. It was a tie!"
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Just remember, Otto was a congenital idiot. He also believes:

*The Gettysburg address is where Lincoln lived.
*The London Underground is a political movement.
*The central message of Buddhism is "every man for himself"
 
Re: CCHA Fans, Re: Shootouts.

The shootout is a terrible gimmick that has run its course.

The ridiculous point system now in place in the CCHA points to the second class management in charge of this league.

Switch it back to bring back the integrity to the game and the league standings.

The league leadership should put it back to playing a 5 minute overtime during the regular season and leave it at that with a well earned tie if both teams cannot decide it.
 
Re: CCHA Fans, Re: Shootouts.

I personally don't have a problem with the use of a shootout to break a tie. Remember the shootout result is only used within the CCHA. For NCAA purposes the game is still considered a tie, not a win or a loss.
 
Re: CCHA Fans, Re: Shootouts.

wolverineTrumpet said:
The one shootout I saw was enough.

I think basketball games should be resolved with slam dunk contests (It's not like they play defense in the NBA anyway). That would be even more awesome than hockey shootouts. An individual skill competition that keeps Joe Redneck entertained because while he has no problem marrying his cousin, he hates ties that are like "kissing your sister".

I propose next year all CCHA games where the score remains tied after 5 minutes of overtime, the home team should pick the intermission game (tricycle race, frozen t-shirt, etc) of their choice for the teams to compete at to determine a winner. This will help bring in the casual fans who have always wanted to be a college athlete. They may get an opportunity to try the same competitions at intermission.

Ties are a part of life and are often the correct result of a game. There is not a winner in every battle, but the outcome of each battle helps to determine the winner of the war. Accept the tie and keep the integrity of the team sport.
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wT, your wisdom is as boundless as the volume of your cheering.
 
Re: CCHA Fans, Re: Shootouts.

chapmaja said:
I personally don't have a problem with the use of a shootout to break a tie. Remember the shootout result is only used within the CCHA. For NCAA purposes the game is still considered a tie, not a win or a loss.
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That's my take on it.


Then again, I'm also glad to have the shootouts because I hated seeing so many ties in the standings. I don't mind teams that have 2, 3, 4 ties in conference play for the season... it's going to happen. But when teams get 7 ties in a year? That's all they're doing is just playing for the free point. One quarter of their season was pi**ed away earning ties.
 
Re: CCHA Fans, Re: Shootouts.

chapmaja said:
I personally don't have a problem with the use of a shootout to break a tie. Remember the shootout result is only used within the CCHA. For NCAA purposes the game is still considered a tie, not a win or a loss.
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Actually in the CCHA the game is still considered a tie too. The shootout is only for the extra point in the standings, not to break the tie.

That said the shootout is nothing more then a gimmick.
 
Re: CCHA Fans, Re: Shootouts.

The NCAA announced that effective immediately, it will adopt a variation of the ice hockey shootout used by the CCHA, hosts of the 2010 Frozen Four.

The changes to the CCHA's protocol were intended to address concerns voiced by several groups including players, fans, and the TV media.

Under the revised protocol, the shootout would begin at the conclusion of 60 minutes of regulation play--there would be no overtime--in order to determine an outcome quickly enough to accommodate TV broadcast schedules.

Secondly, fan complaints about poor sightlines will be addressed by the use of the NCAA's new "large venue" net. The "large venue" net is another NCAA innovation that will be the standard game net for all Division-I games played outdoors and in other non-traditional arenas beginning with the 2010-2011 season. As a bonus, the new net negates the argument that the shootout is nothing more than a "skills competition," since hitting a net that large takes almost no skill.

Lastly, to address the criticism of the outcome of a team sport being decided by individuals, the new shootout rules allow the defending team to put as many skaters as are available into the crease.

An NCAA spokesperson was quoted as saying "We're certainly hoping that at least a couple of the games in the 2010 Frozen Four will be decided by shootout--especially the championship game. It would be a fitting tribute the the CCHA, the hosts of the tournament and the conference that brought the shootout to college hockey. And we know the fans couldn't be more excited about it."


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Re: CCHA Fans, Re: Shootouts.

If they do away with the shootout, get rid of the 5x5 ot session. Go to 4x4. The few people on here that don't like it, isn't exactly a great view of the general population of hockey fans. I bet if you polled the general fan in arenas across the CCHA this season, the vast majority would vote to keep it. At the CC, fans are on their feet, and that building is loud during a shoot out.
 
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