Fixing hockey…

I’m working on my own “how to fix hockey” notes, but Frank Albin, head honcho of the Sharks broadcasts, posted his today, and except for his view on hand passes, I could have written this….

http://www.sj-sharks.com/sharks2002/interactive/in_the_crease/20030613-1055519741.htm to see his ideas.

(why not hand passes? While I’ll agree with kicking the puck, if only to get away from the “did he kick it?” video reviews, hockey is a game played with the puck on the ice, and hands don’t belong down there. Feet do. That change is as fundamental as the day someone playing rugby first ran with the ball and started turning it into today’s American football, and I don’t want to go down that path….)

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