Someone explain this for me (hockey)

[91]

So I was watching some of the Stanley Cup recently (while I had the chance before I lost access to Channel 5 again, but bear with me...) and every so often they did something called a powerplay... I think that's what it was. Anyway, I couldn't work out why they given, nor what they were since they just seemed to play on as normal but with the announcers harping on about how there were only a few seconds left of the powerplay and nothing ever seemed to result from it. Unless I just know nothing, which is probably true since I don't know what a powerplay is. So someone answer it for me and I'll be briefly grateful.

[Hired Hitman]

A Powerplay is the time when a person is sent off and the other team have time to score cause the sides would be uneven, PowerPlay, cause more members on one side.

[The Icon of Elisim]

Powerplay gives one team a 5 on 4 advantage and lasts 2, 5 or 10 minutes depending the severity

[packt up]

Its where one team has a penalty and so is down by either one or two men for a period of time. The team with the man advantage is on the "powerplay" while the other team is trying to "kill the penalty". If the team scores on the powerplay the other team gets the person out of the penalty box early. Also if the team on the penalty scores while thats a shorthanded goal.

[Hired Hitman]

... I guess you'd know what a Powerplay is with us all giving examples :shifty:

[Y2Ant]

And if the shorthanded team scored a shorthanded goal, the powerplay doesn't end.

(see Sami Kapanen last night :mad: )

[Wengerland]

Oh thats what a shorthanded goal is,i saw Sakic ( :cool: ) score one and wasn't sure.:o

[91]

And I take it there's no bells and whistles with a shorthanded goal, it's just a fancy name for a goal scored by a team who are short in numbers, yes?

[The Icon of Elisim]

Yes, you are correct sir

[Heyman]

... I guess you'd know what a Powerplay is with us all giving examples :shifty:


LOL. I think 91 has been watching the Vancouver Canucks one too many times. ;)