Shoot outs in Hockey

[Y2C]

Shoot-outs should only be there for ties in Finals games.

Originally Posted by Y2C Shoot-outs should only be there for ties in Finals games.

God no. If anything, they should be in everything BUT finals (playoff) games.

I, as a player, would be quite pissed if my entire season were to lay on the shoulders of 5 players on my team, and could be gone because our star winger tripped at the top of the circle and missed his shot. The games are just too important for something like that to decide them.

[Y2C]

Originally Posted by road doggy dogg God no. If anything, they should be in everything BUT finals (playoff) games. I, as a player, would be quite pissed if my entire season were to lay on the shoulders of 5 players on my team, and could be gone because our star winger tripped at the top of the circle and missed his shot. The games are just too important for something like that to decide them.

Then what would you suggest instead of a shoot-out to decide games? In finals games you must have a winner, so that one team advances and the other gets eliminated. In a best of 7 series, what if they were 3 wins each with 1 tie? You can't have 2 teams progress when there is only 1 spot available.

Finals matches are the only ones where there must be a winner & a loser. During the regular season if there's a tie then both teams get equal amount of points. There are no points in finals, as you're playing to get to the next round.