MILWAUKEE — What's beautiful to one hockey coach is blah to another.
The quick nature of the game on a small rink is appealing to University of Wisconsin men's hockey coach Tony Granato. The lack of possession caused by bodies and sticks coming together more easily can be ugly, UMass coach Greg Carvel said.
College hockey is played on rinks across the U.S. that vary in width from the NHL standard of 85 feet to the Olympic measurement of 100 feet. There has been a tug-of-war over the last 30 years on which extreme produces a better standard of play.