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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Tom Dart

‘Hockey’s not hockey any more’: did three-on-three overtime ruin Canada’s Olympics?

Canada react after their loss in the men’s hockey final.
Canada react after their loss in the men’s hockey final. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock

Two Olympic finals against the US, two strong performances, two sudden-death losses. Canada is so over overtime.

While all good things must come to an end, it’s hard to fathom why hockey’s international rule-makers think that the very best things – huge clashes that were some of the hottest tickets of the entire Olympics – should be ended using three-on-three golden-goal overtime, a concept beloved only by people with a train to catch or firm dinner reservations.

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