OT rules
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:42 pm
What is the rationale for a 4:00 overtime period. Doesn’t that give an undue advantage to teams with a better FOGO if it is scoreless for 4:00? Why not just another 15:00 period?
This would make sense if OT wasn’t sudden win. As it is now one team only needs fifteen seconds of those sorts of advantages if they have a FOGO advantage.fsclax wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:10 pm Just guessing but the 4 minute (vice a 15 minute) OT period might be intended to balance the scales if one side of the field has some advantage over the other (low sun, poor background for goalies, field conditions, whatever.) By keeping the OT period(s) short, it negates one team from possessing that advantage for a full 15 minutes.
If they have a FOGO "advantage", why would they be playing OT in the first place?SCLaxAttack wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:17 pmThis would make sense if OT wasn’t sudden win. As it is now one team only needs fifteen seconds of those sorts of advantages if they have a FOGO advantage.fsclax wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:10 pm Just guessing but the 4 minute (vice a 15 minute) OT period might be intended to balance the scales if one side of the field has some advantage over the other (low sun, poor background for goalies, field conditions, whatever.) By keeping the OT period(s) short, it negates one team from possessing that advantage for a full 15 minutes.
makes sense. definitely could be a decided advantage there. stripping the timeouts (2 every 4 minutes!) seems like a change worth making. coaches can make plays and adjustments pretty frequently as is.fsclax wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 8:10 pm Just guessing but the 4 minute (vice a 15 minute) OT period might be intended to balance the scales if one side of the field has some advantage over the other (low sun, poor background for goalies, field conditions, whatever.) By keeping the OT period(s) short, it negates one team from possessing that advantage for a full 15 minutes.