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					Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight
					
				 
				Hmm, that surprises me.  I would have thought the opposite.  I would have thought it would lead to more penalty calls and more wide-open scoring, reducing the average time between stopages. 
			
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 So far the 4 games that have been played by the Portland Winterhawks:
3-0
6-3
5-2
3-4
So, at least with us, it has not really resulted in much more scoring.  There has been a little bit more penalty calling.....but the goalie can't freeze the puck anymore except when an opposing player is slamming away at it; defenders can't throw the puck into the stands under threat of 2 minutes; and most importantly of all---the blasted 2 line rule is gone so mid-ice stoppages are all but gone.