It can't take that much longer to do a quick job on the whole ice if you skip the areas along the boards.
I've seen players on more than one occasion get foiled by the difference between the clean ice and the used ice (maybe more psychological than real but thats problem enough)
2007-11-27 14:14:56 · 12 answers · asked by megalomaniac 7 in Sports ➔ Hockey
I'm not suggesting that they do a full flood, I'm just suggesting a slightly bigger area for those shooters who like to go wide. Make it more uniform or not at all.
2007-11-29 14:30:15 · update #1
A quick light scrape and cleaning is all thats needed.
2007-11-29 14:30:49 · update #2
I bet you'd see some better goals scored.
2007-11-29 14:31:13 · update #3
Zamdriver has escaped and he was doing the ice tonight, while on the Guinness.
2007-11-27 14:24:17 · answer #1 · answered by Bob Loblaw 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
So t hat it only takes about 5 minutes to clean instead of the usual 10-15 minutes it does during intermissions.
The ONLY room they need is a few feet wide & the length of the ice to skate & shoot & stickhandle so why waste time (not to mention momentum) in ddoing the whole ice?
2007-11-27 22:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by red_e_freddie 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Have you seen how long it takes to Zamboni the entire ice??? Also, you skate at the goalie, yes I know some people go way out, but its not all that necessary, a skilled puck handler, stick handler, deker, or pure shooter doesnt need any of that. Its 1 on 1, why use the whole ice and give the goalie more time to think???
2007-11-27 22:21:03 · answer #3 · answered by mothhalo 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's because they only have the commercial time out to get ready - seriously. They want to be ready to shoot it out once they are done selling beer and Viagra.
There's a second reason, but it also involves time. If they take the time to clean more of the ice, then the goalies and shooters will have cooled down and not be limber, for what is a very important task coming up.
2007-11-27 22:20:50 · answer #4 · answered by Rich 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's really just in the interest of time. The ice has to set as well, and they certainly don't want to encourage players to wander all over the place and take a ton of time.
And the difference is very real... rough ice causes the puck to slow down, skip and such and makes it much harder to control.
A little wider couldn't hurt though, you're right.
2007-11-27 22:20:02 · answer #5 · answered by The Big Box 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Why waste time, energy, and money cleaning the entire rink??? Theres only 1 player, and the goalie, they dont need to do the entire rink, so they're not going to
2007-11-27 23:20:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Most skaters in a shoot out tend to skate down the center of the ice and or if they are deking they still tend to shoot from that area. That is why only that strip is zambonied.
2007-11-27 22:19:37 · answer #7 · answered by Kimmy (Will not back down) 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They only really need the middle 1/3rd and there are usually no problems or issues...until now.
This must have been the Toronto bone driver's 1st day on the job. LOL
2007-11-27 22:21:03 · answer #8 · answered by zapcity29 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They also don't bother conditioning the ice. They just zam up the powder. Another time-saver.
2007-11-28 02:07:01 · answer #9 · answered by Aeros Fan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, how far out do you think they need for a path to the goal?
2007-11-27 22:44:59 · answer #10 · answered by trombass08 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋