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Stephanie Smith, OP Sports Term Guru

1. week I was asked another hockey question. I was asked about overtime in the regular season and the playoffs, and what the difference was.

Overtime is the extra little bit of time tacked onto a game that has ended regulation with a tie. Instead of the regular 5 on 5 hockey seen in regulation time, this 5 minute extension is played 4 on 4. All the same rules apply and the first team to score a goal wins the game. However, if the overtime does not produce a goal, the teams then go to a shootout. This was not always the case, teams used to leave the game with a tie, each taking one point. But recently the NHL decided to implement it instead of having ties, as a way to boost scores and points. The winner of an overtime/ shootout match is now rewarded with two points and the loser with one.

In the shootout, each team selects three shooters to alternate taking penalty

shots on the goaltender. The team that scores the most goals in the shootout wins. If after three shooters, the results are still tied, they move on to additional shooters. The first one to outscore the other team wins the game.

The difference between the way a tie in the regular season is solved and the way it is solved in the playoffs is simple. The shootout is only for ending ties in the regular season, and in the playoffs the overtime is played exactly the same as regulation time. It is a 5 on 5 period lasting the same 20 minutes as all the others. The first team to score a goal in the overtime wins. And unlike in the regular season, there can be multiple periods of overtime. I hope that helps.

Please, if you have any sports related questions send them to me at op.sports@gmail.com

Douglas Sports Corner

Calendar of Upcoming Games

Baseball:

Doubleheader vs. West. Washington University. Exhibition game takes place in New Westminster Saturday March 24

— 1:00pm.

Doubleheader vs. Pierce CC. Exhibition game takes place in New Westminster Sunday March 25 — 1:00pm.

Cross Country Track: Spring Break Open. Meet takes place in Edmonds, WA Saturday March 24.

Women’s Golf:

Lewis-Clark State Invite. Tournament takes place at Clarkson Country Club Monday March 19 and Tuesday March 20. Olympic Tournament. Takes place at Gold Mountain Monday April 2 .

Bellevue Tournament. Take place at Glendale Country Club Monday April 23.

Men’s Golf:

Lewis-Clark State Invite. Tournament takes place at Clarkson Country Club Monday March 19 and Tuesday March 20. Olympic Tournament. Takes place at Gold Mountain Monday

April 2.

Bellevue Tournament. Take place at Glendale Country Club Monday April 23.

Women’s Rugby:

Away game vs. Burnaby Lake. Game takes place in Burnaby Saturday March 24.

Away game vs. Kamloops. Game takes place in Kamloops Saturday March 24.

Men’s Rugby:

Away game vs. Kelowna. Game takes place in Kelowna Saturday March 24.

Home game vs. Rowing Club. Game takes place at Hume Park Saturday March 31. .

Wheelchair Basketball:

CWBL Finals. Tournament takes place Quebec City, QB. Saturday April 7 — Sunday April 8.

Wrestling: Senior Nationals. Tournament takes place in Calgary, AB Tuesday March 27 — Wednesday March 28.