Utica Comets score short-handed empty net goal in the 1st period

[Mobiandi]

No it’s not an own goal. Syracuse pulled their goalie on a 5-on-3 and it didn’t work out

 

[tny760]

i keep thinking "finally a coach that's willing to be aggressive" and walk myself back every time with "....but why"

 

[PanniniClaus]

Seems odd for a second place team.. presumably you aren't trying to send a message to your team.

If it was because he just trusted Gage Goncalves with the puck so much.... he probably won't try that again.

I also prefer the 3-0-3 formation rather than the 2-1-3.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Imagine being the coach who causes an opposing team to post “THAT’S THE DUMBEST THING WE’VE EVER SEEN” on social media

 

[Fight4yourRight]

Dumb coach. Maybe an even dumber attempted pass.

 

[Toby91ca]

Imagine being the coach who causes an opposing team to post “THAT’S THE DUMBEST THING WE’VE EVER SEEN” on social media

If I’m honest, that’s exactly what I was thinking “dumbest thing I’ve ever seen”. Like seriously, what was the coach thinking?

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Yet if it worked he'd look like a genius.

Remember when Roy would pull the goalie super early & now it's the norm...

 

[PizzaAndPucks]

I feel like a 6 on 3 is just too confusing for the players on offense out on the ice. Not to mention I highly doubt teams after practice this scenario because it hardly ever happens.

 

[Toby91ca]

I feel like a 6 on 3 is just too confusing for the players on offense out on the ice. Not to mention I highly doubt teams after practice this scenario because it hardly ever happens.

I actually prefer 4 on 3 than 5 on 3….i like more space and less bodies to worry about handling the puck…adding a 6th skater just doesn’t work for me. I see it near the end of a game when you are just creating chaos and throwing everything at the net, but for extended play I don’t like it

 

[Atoyot]

Makes sense statistically. Looks really bad when this happens but more often than not it wouldn't.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Yet if it worked he'd look like a genius.

Remember when Roy would pull the goalie super early & now it's the norm...

This was 10 minutes into the game and they were leading

If it worked no one would have remembered

 

[King'sPawn]

Ovechkin is going to volunteer to start killing penalties now!

 

[tarheelhockey]

Dumb coach. Maybe an even dumber attempted pass.

That’s what I was thinking. 6 on 3 and he passes it directly to a defender. Coach can’t account for something like that.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

That’s what I was thinking. 6 on 3 and he passes it directly to a defender. Coach can’t account for something like that.

I mean he can.... By keeping the goalie in.

 

[ItWasJustified]

But they had the lead 2-1? Why on earth was the coach so eager to get a 3-1 lead?

 

[mr figgles]

Ovechkin is going to volunteer to start killing penalties now!

Can you kill penalties from the top of the circle in the offensive zone?

 

[Master P]

You know what? I'm glad somebody tried it.

 

[Woodrow]

You know what? I'm glad somebody tried it.

I don't think it's even that dumb to try. It's the AHL. Seems like a fine place to try experimeting with things like this.

 

[BluesyShoes]

That cross ice pass attempt was brutal.

 

[DownIsTheNewUp]

6 on 3 is too crowded and the offensive guys don't have room to move and quit skating. I'm shocked they tried this. Maybe late in the game if you're down, but otherwise wow.

 

[ItWasJustified]

You know what? I'm glad somebody tried it.

It's time for a North American team to try and pull their goalie in OT. It has already happened in the SHL several times with wins to the team that did it.

 

[Woodrow]

6 on 3 is too crowded and the offensive guys don't have room to move and quit skating. I'm shocked they tried this. Maybe late in the game if you're down, but otherwise wow.

It's the AHL. Winning the game may be a secondary objective behind developing players and systems for the NHL club.

I doubt the coach just came up with this on a whim. Someone somewhere probably crunched some numbers and thought it could be worth trying out. So when the opportunity came up they gave it a go. That terrible cross ice pass just made it look really bad.

 

[TGWL]

6 on 3 just seems like players getting in your way. That's just too many on the ice taking up space.

 

[Atoyot]

You know what? I'm glad somebody tried it.

Me too, but I'm upset at the result. I wouldn't have done it while up but it's a legitimate strategy and much more often than not will be successful, and history supports that. It's 6 on 3, there's almost no situation where one of those 3 players should get a clear shot at the empty net.

 

[Kairi Zaide]

This kind of stuff by coaches RUINS betting, and thus, the game, and should therefore be prohibited.