All that time for a total of 5 goals? do they sleep half the game?, it takes seconds for a puck to enter a goal, that means roughly 99% of the game is passing, fighting, and taking breaks, I just don't get the attraction to Hockey.
It is the FASTEST game on ice !!!
An awesome game when played correctly.
You go out on the ice for :45 sec to a few minutes at a time.
EVERYONE plays in the game (except the backup goalie).
The intenity and speed of the game ...
btw, this isn't basketball where you run up and down the court and score every time down.......
To look at your discription, baseball would be the slowest one around, Do you watch that ?
Also, most playoff games are 2-1, 3-2, 1-0 with the importance of goals in this game, most are low scoring
I have been fortunate enough to see many games and Playoffs as well.
One of the very best games I ever saw was two very good teams, playing at a very high intensity, game ended 1-0 , very good exciting game action at both ends constantly.
Just because it's low scoreing doesn't mean it's a dull and boring game.
Jimbo
Go Wings !