Day 5 . . . let's roll!

DAY 5 AT THE MASTERCARD MEMORIAL CUP . . .

Remember the bounce that benefited the Calgary Hitmen at the end of their 5-4 victory over the Moncton Wildcats on Saturday?
Of course you do. How could you forget something like that?
Well, it seems to have created a whole lot of interest in the hockey world.
On Tuesday, I heard from someone who remembered a study that was done a while back.
The source, who knows more than a little bit about facilities and ice, told me:
“The NHL did a study or commissioned one about the temperature of pucks while in play.
“They found that a puck should not be in play more than two to three minutes and at that point should be replaced.
“What they found is that regardless (how much time) the puck is on ice it warms up and becomes "bouncy" and even the most subtle ridge will have the puck take weird bounces if it is "warm." You would not find that, like you indicated, with 24 pucks or 2,400.
“Point being is the linesmen should be changing the pucks at every stoppage in play. I have watched hundreds of games where the linesmen drop the puck on the faceoff dot where the next face off is to be, skate to the penalty box, hydrate and come back.
“THEY KEEP THE PUCKS FROZEN IN THE PENALTY BOX (his caps, not mine) . . . Why not grab a new puck and reduce the stupid bounces?
“This is not anything the teams can do or the buildings can do; this needs to come from the league.
“I know a young linesmen in the (WHL) and asked him about it and he said it would be very easy to implement.”
It all sounds like something that definitely is worth trying in all WHL buildings.