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THAT'S OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!
Or Is It Simply The Way Of The Future????? |
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"WE MUST STOP
WASTING SO MUCH ICE TIME" |
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| It doesn't matter where you live on this planet, the cost
of renting ice for hockey games is skyrocketing. So, if the cost of ice is
so expensive, why do we waste so much of it?
Consider the following:
 | We usually rent 90 minutes of ice time for most hockey games below
the midget level;
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| Out of that 90 minutes, we generally play three 13 minute stop-time
periods; or two 15 minute and one 10 minute periods. In any event, we
seldom get more than 40 minutes of actual playing time.
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| The rest of the time is taken up changing players; changing ends;
lining up for face-offs; flooding; warm-ups; shaking hands; talking to
referees; etc.
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| In fact, only 45% of the ice time we rent is used to play the game. |
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In order to reduce the wastage of ice time, we would like
to offer a few simple suggestions:
| We should revert to straight time instead of stop time;
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| We should only have one period. It will begin after a five minute
warm-up and end with the buzzer at the end of the 90 minute session;
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| The running time should not be posted. No one will know how much
time is left in the game. It will be much like soccer, where people
have an idea of approximately how much time is left, but it will be
the timekeeper who knows for sure how much time is left;
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| There will be no intermission; no changing ends; no time-outs; no
unnecessary stoppage of play;
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| We will also only allow changing on the fly or after a goal and
enforce the fast-face off rule;
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| Players will shake hands in the lobby and not on the ice:
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| Players will also do their stretching in the dressing room and not
on the ice. |
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| These are only a few ideas that will help ensure that the
ice time we pay for is actually being used for the game. If you have any
others, please share them with us. |
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WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR
YOUR COMMENTS ON THIS IDEA
CONTACT
US HERE |
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