The No. 1 ticket seller. It was not to happen. So too, in private, did a number of owners who are beginning to wonder if there might be a solution to empty seats and slipping television ratings. The debate is under way. The opportunity to make the rinks larger, the logical answer to today's lack of creative space, was lost to greed when the same wondering owners elected to build new rinks with extra room for corporate sponsors rather than players.
Every time there's overtime, the fans are so excited they stand for the whole five minutes.
This is something hockey needs very seriously to consider. In hockey, of course, this requires a tie to take matters into overtime, but you know what they mean. Dryden uses history as a seconder. My guess is that it won't. It's a lot of fun.