3 On 3 Long Change Are Possible Solutions To Shootout
GMs, out to reduce the number of games that end in a shootout from about 14 percent, are once again looking into Ken Holland's brainchild: four minutes of 4-on-4 hockey, followed by four minutes of 3-on-3, per TSN's Bob McKenzie. That would replace the current five-minute, four-on-four overtime period. The likelihood of 3-on-3 increasing goals is an interesting point. Justin Bourne summed it up in a 2011 piece (see? this has gone on for a while) — only one guy needs to get beat at 3-on-3, and voilà....