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Mike Johnston and the Importance of Shift Length

Mike Johnston says the Penguins had more energy because of shorter shifts, quicker changes

After the 2-0 win against the Senators, Mike Johnston talked about shift lengths in his post game comments:

"That's the look of what we want in the first period. We had the jump. We had the energy. A lot of it came from quicker changes, coming fast to the bench, getting shorter shifts, quicker changes. I thought that's the type of first period we need."

Yesterday, Travis Yost from TSN wrote an article about how important short shifts are to Mike Babcock.