Overtime rule change

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Overtime rules?

  • 10minutes 5v5 then shootout

    Votes: 4 6.3%
  • 5v5 until winning goal

    Votes: 2 3.2%
  • 4v4 for 5min

    Votes: 7 11.1%
  • 5v5 for 5min

    Votes: 5 7.9%
  • Shootout, no OT.

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Split the points no OT, no shootout.

    Votes: 11 17.5%
  • Keep it as it is

    Votes: 23 36.5%
  • Other, what?

    Votes: 11 17.5%

  • Total voters
    63
Just do what minor hockey does.

4 vs 4
3 vs 3
2 vs 2
1 vs 1 until someone scores.
Exactly what I came to post. 2 minutes maybe of 4v4, 3v3, but even 1 minute of the last two is enough.

Insert drama when the Canucks put Miller/Hughes out for the 2v2 instead of Petey/Hughes, etc. Fans would have a field day over player choices.

Who wouldn't want to see, like, Mackinnon and Makar vs McDavid and Draisaitl playing a 2v2 for a full minute against each other?
 
Voted keep it the same but i would like to see RW’s rewarded in the point allocation system.

3 pts for a RW would be fine, I think that’s what the PWHL uses?
 
3v3 for 5 minutes like it currently is but add an over and back rule. The rule: If the puck crosses the blueline from the attacking zone into the neutral zone and was last touched by the attacking team, then the attacking team may not be the next team to touch the puck or else an icing is called against the attacking team. The resulting face-off will be in the attacking team's zone and the attacking team cannot change players.

The purpose of the rule change is to prevent teams from carrying or dumping the puck back out of the attacking zone just to maintain possession. Once you enter the attacking zone, you're more or less committed until the opposing team gets possession or clears the puck. This should hopefully lead to more chances in OT.
Just make it less complicated and have no over and back rule but the problem is that we shouldn't have 3 on 3 hockey in the first place it's gimmicky.
 

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