The Green Zone: Riders' Jeremy O'Day preparing for 2025
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O'Day discusses Trevor Harris and changes to be made to get the Riders back to the Grey Cup.
While we in Canada are basking in the glow of another gold medal at the world junior hockey championship, I want to go back to Saturday’s semifinal, in which Russia beat Sweden in 3-on-3 overtime.
I was reminded of a conversation I had with a former National Hockey League coach when the NHL adopted 3-on-3 in extra time. He said, and I quote, “Coaches will find a way to make that boring.” That lack of excitement trickled down to the junior tournament too. Russia actually skated the puck out of the Swedish zone, then re-entered before scoring the winner on
Saturday.
Last season, former NHL GM Brian Burke had an idea that I think is brilliant: A shot clock. If a team doesn’t attempt a shot at the opposing net in a certain amount of time, the offensive team has to give up the puck.
One of the reasons 3-on-3 came to be was to create excitement. That wasn’t the case on Saturday, and isn’t in a lot of 3-on-3 hockey. A shot clock would fix that.