[Q]The loss was the Red's second in ECAC play, and though it came in the overtime period, the team will not be awarded a point. The Red thus remains tied for first place with Harvard with one more game in hand.[/Q]
The above came from today's Daily Sun. A loss is a loss and gets you no point. Has there been a rule change that I miss?
In the NHL, OT Losses = 1 pt for losing team. Implemented a few years ago.
Originally started from the AHL... college never adopted it.
DeltaOne81 '03 wrote:
QuoteOriginally started from the AHL... college never adopted it.
And, IMHO, that's just fine.
Agreed - in the pros I kinda like it - when you play that many games you have a lot of OT losses and it kinda feels like you deserve something for it. In college, with the much lower # of games, and the more pure ideal of a loss is a loss, I want it to stay the way it is.
And, please lord, never adopt the 4-on-4 OT.
In the WHL I like it, mostly because the guys play 3-4 times a week with 25 hour bus trips, and I'm all for lessening the impact of an o.t. loss.
College is fine the way it is.