Re: RPI @ Clarkson (Saturday, 3 March 2012) Game 2 Playoffs
You're wrong.
Rule 6-52-b states:
They should have switched ends.
Kurt: First overtime in the playoffs, you don't switch.
You're wrong.
SECTION 57. a. Where advancement in a bracket or the determination of a tournament champion is necessary, any series in a format (e.g., single game, minigame series) that results in a tie shall be broken by 20-minute, sudden-death overtime periods (Exception: See 6-57-b). The ice shall be resurfaced upon completion of regulation play. The teams shall change ends (except as indicated in Rule 6-52-b). Third-place games may follow the overtime procedures as described in Rule 6-55.
Rule 6-52-b states:
The teams shall change ends at the beginning of each subsequent regular period. If, in the opinion of the official, ice conditions are more favorable to play at one end of the rink than at the other, the official
may equalize opportunities by having teams change ends at the middle of one or all three regular periods and overtime periods, but not in only two regular periods. Positioning of the benches is not a criteria to split periods. The official must rule that this change is to be made before the commencement of the game or period.
They should have switched ends.