NCAA to get rid of ties?

NHL.COM weighed in on college hockey and how the NCAA is looking to get rid of ties. Three of the six NCAA league commissioners weighed in with their personal opinions as they await the NCAA rules committee meeting in June. Notice that the WCHA commissioner Bruce McCloud is no where to be found. Bruce McCloud probably still thinks the status quo in college hockey is fine and the fans don't want the NHL rules in any shape or form, but I digress.

It is time for college hockey to change; the status quo is no longer good enough. Good enough is not good enough; NCAA hockey should constantly be seeking excellence. I also don't by the flawed argument that college hockey is fine the way it is and there is nothing wrong with a tie. I am calling shenanigans. In my opinion, ties are like kissing your sister, yuck.

I would like to see college hockey adopt the new NHL rules in some shape or form. I would like to see the NCAA (WCHA included) call the games the same way the NHL does, if your hand comes off the stick to grab another players a penalty is called, if a players stick obstructs another player any where on the ice a penalty is called. If you cross check another player right in front of the ref a penalty is called. Enough is enough, fans are paying too much money to watch a second rate brand of hockey. I would also like to see the NCAA (WCHA included) adopt the NHL's overtime rules in some form, preferably consisting of a 4 on 4 for 5-10 minutes followed by a 3 round shootout and after the shootout the winner is given 2 points and the loser is given one point. Ties in the NCAA playoffs and conference championships would still be solved by over time until someone wins.

Former Sioux Mike Commodore weighed in on the issue: "Problem with the shootout," said Commodore, "is that it's a great way to win, but a bad way to lose."