Playing for a shootout — instead of going all-in in overtime — helped the Tucson Roadrunners defeat AHL-leading Calgary and remain in solid position for a playoff berth.
A spin of the roulette wheel? Hitting on 16 at blackjack? Maybe not so much.
People are also reading… Option 2: Play it a bit safer, hoping to play with house money in a shootout — thought of by many as less about strategy in its own right and more of that proverbial crapshoot for its one-on-one, gimmick-like, skater-on-goalie approach. Tucson was 2-0 in shootouts before Saturday night.
“In the past I think our strategy was to try and win it 3-on-3. But our record so far has gone our way for the shootout,” he said after the win. “So the aim tonight was trying to get us to that shootout.” A loss to Calgary, and the Roadrunners would have moved to the outside looking in; a loss in overtime or the shootout, and it would have been a dead heat. A win, which Potvin was clearly banking on, and Tucson still holds the cards, so to speak — if even by the smallest of margins.
“We’re really looking at how we can improve our game. Not only from a team perspective, but from the individuals’ perspective.”
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