Say your goodbyes to 4-on-4 hockey immediately following regulation and the subsequent two-minute break. It’s over.
The league will showcase a drastically different method to solve games before heading to the shootout, one that has fans, media and those inside the game talking about strategy and the excitement that comes with it.
Count the Blue Jackets among the teams largely encouraged by the change. During the first weekend of training camp, the players were open-minded in talking about how they would approach 3-on-3, a format that lends itself to skating, skill, and speed – characteristics the Blue Jackets want as part of their identity every single night.