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From: jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson)
Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: Re: NHL rule change
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Date: Fri, 21-Jun-85 11:05:47 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 21 11:05:47 1985
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Summary: 

> I don't think Terry understood what I was trying to say in my article,
> so I'll explain it further.
>
> 1)  It seems to me that it is easier to provoke offsetting minors than it is 
>     to draw a penalty.

That's the only point that gives any amount of validity to the argument in
favour of the new rule (offsetting minors, for those that haven't been reading
this group lately).  I'll have to admit that the referees may be more willing
to send off one player from each team than to just penalise one team, but if
that's the case, then that's not a problem with the (old) rules, it's a problem
with the way they're enforced.  Therefore, they don't have to change the rules,
they just have to start enforcing them properly so that one team taking a
penalty does not affect the chances of the other team being given one.
-- 
Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto  (416) 635-2073
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