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Team Canada head coach Jon Cooper was not shy in his critique of 3-on-3 OT being used in the Olympics, and mentioned why it doesn’t work in best on best hockey.
But OT brings a different beast, and with it being 3-on-3 as opposed to 4-on-4 things are a lot more dangerous and the wide open ice leads to a lot of chances, and was the key reason why Jack Hughes had so much space to score the winner.
Though with something as serious as an Olympic gold medal on the line, you would expect a 5-on-5 on even 4-on-4 to give things a bit more length and really push things down to the wire.