Game Two: Cornell 2 North Dakota 1 FINAL

[ajec1]

[quote ugarte][quote Jacob 03][quote andyw2100][quote Oat][quote andyw2100]
I am really impressed with how easily UND is moving the puck around on the powerplay. I don't recall seeing nearly as many clean passes on powerplays in quite a long time. We --REALLY-- need to not take any more dumb penalties, because we're playing with fire playing these guys a man down.[/quote]

UND passes only look easy because they're playing on Olympic-size ice surface. So there is more room for them to move the puck around.[/quote]

Nope, not true.

The games were played on a 200' X 85' surface, just like the one at Lynah.

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/almanac/arenas.php[/quote]The Olympic Ice Surface must be UND's version of Dryden/1970.[/quote]
I'd say it is the Bizarro Undefeated Dryden, as eLF is the only place that knows who Cropper is and the only place that keeps talking about the Olympic sheet at the Ralph.[/quote]

While not attempting to tear the space-time continuum, the Ralph does have an Olympic-sized practice sheet...

[dragonfan]

To me it looks alot bigger,it could be the camera angle.Behind the net there is alot more room,the neutral zone might be smaller.

[amerks127]

[quote dragonfan]To me it looks alot bigger,it could be the camera angle.Behind the net there is alot more room,the neutral zone might be smaller.[/quote]

I initially thought that too.

When you consider IIHF ice rink dimensions are 200x100 and North American rinks are 200x85, the only difference might be width, not length, and REA certainly isn't any wider.  However, there is no mandatory length between the goal line and the end boards in the NCAA, so it's possible there was in fact more space behind the nets, giving the appearance of larger rink size.

Rule 1-3 and 1-5. Rink Dimensions. The committee approved:


It is preferred that the goal line be 11 feet from the end boards. Additionally, the preferred size of the offensive zone is 64 feet.

Rationale: The committee believes the NHL standard dimensions are best for NCAA play. However, the committee also realizes the variety in current ice sizes and that some institutions do not control the facility in which they play. Therefore, these are the preferred dimensions, not requirements. USA Hockey also is adopting these preferred dimensions.

[Oat]

[quote andyw2100][quote Oat]

UND passes only look easy because they're playing on Olympic-size ice surface. So there is more room for them to move the puck around.[/quote]

Nope, not true.

The games were played on a 200' X 85' surface, just like the one at Lynah.

http://www.collegehockeynews.com/almanac/arenas.php[/quote]

Eh I was wrong then, my bad. I heard it here somewhere sometime ago.

But I was watching the CU-NoDak games at the same time as the NHL games (two tvs next to each other) and I really thought that Ralph ice sheet looked bigger than the NHL ice in comparison.

[Killer]

[quote dragonfan]To me it looks alot bigger,it could be the camera angle.Behind the net there is alot more room,the neutral zone might be smaller.[/quote]

We thought the same thing about it being big ice, just after they'd done the National Anthem.  The view from the camera looking across ths ice made it look friggin' wide as hell.  Didn't sit well.  We immediately thought of that Minnesota game in 2005.  Then they went to a shot from above and behind the goal and you could see that it was normal size.

[ftyuv]

[quote dragonfan]To me it looks alot bigger,it could be the camera angle.[/quote]
[obligatory]That's what she said![/obligatory]

[KeithK]

Also the radius of the corners can vary.  Very rounded corners might make the offensive zone look smaller.  (It has a lot more effect on dump ins.)

[Oat]

[quote ftyuv][quote dragonfan]To me it looks alot bigger,it could be the camera angle.[/quote]
[obligatory]That's what she said![/obligatory][/quote]

Oh man. dragonfan just got owned on ELF.

[dragonfan]

HA HA!!!