Being that this is summer time hockey, when players aren’t in peak form, it’s important to remember that a couple days of drills and practices won’t necessarily knock off all the rust or replace a couple weeks of regular season play.
Also, the format for each 25 minute half was to go from 5-on-5 to 4-on-4 and then to 3-on-3 within each half.
So these assessments aren’t really meant to be finite, and the stretches of play that factor in extended special teams sequences are no doubt varied from a regular season or playoff game. But since the rust/summer factor is applicable to all the players, wanted to document my observations.