If I understand it right, couldn’t the team receiving (?) the double power play pull their goalie to make it 6 on 3?
That seems like a HUGE advantage
OldGuy
January 1, 2018, 4:53pm
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LSLGuy:
Which leads to the question of whether the advantage in unequal headcount situations comes more from the offense having players who’re free from man-to-man coverage, or is it from the defense simply running out of enough people to block all the avenues of approach to the net?
Said another way, from evenly matched teams in a 5 on 5 situation, does going 5 on 4 or 6 on 5 produce the bigger increment in benefit to the team with more men?
Logically 5 on 4 (in hockey terminology the goalie is never counted in labels like that except 6 on 5 means you pulled the goalie) is less of an advantage than 4 on 3 if you think about it. It’s also true that more goals are scored 4 on 4 and 3 on 3 than the normal 5 on 5. That’s the reason they play overtime 3 on 3 now and 4 on 4 a while back.
Mrdeals:
I’m not an avid hockey fan, but I was watching a game the other night and they mentioned pulling the goalie out towards the end of regulation to have an extra player.
Has a team ever just gone a whole game without a goalie?
Having an extra guy could keep your opponent from having too many shots on the goal, and if things are looking rough couldn’t a player just hop into goalie mode momentarily?
never. But I wonder if the world largest man could cover the entire net by himself?
Maybe, until he gets shoved out of the way and someone makes about ten goals before he gets a chance to get back into position.