The 2015-16 season has seen the introduction of one of the bigger rule changes we’ve seen in a long time. Approved in June by the NHL Board of Governors in Las Vegas, the new format was first seen in the pre-season and deemed a success.
Is 3-on-3 overtime a good or a bad thing? As you can see, NHL’s PR team thinks it’s a good thing, in fact the format is loosely based on something the AHL has already been doing. In the AHL, you get three minutes of 4-on-4 followed by four minutes of 3-on-3. Then a shootout.