NHL to replace dry scrape with full shovel crews as early as Saturday
Timothy T. Ludwig / USA TODAY Sports
Dry scrape, we hardly knew ye.
The National Hockey League's general managers came to an important decision in Toronto on Tuesday.
The NHL's dry scrape is dead as of Saturday. May we never speak of it again.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) November 18, 2014
Time it took to complete Dry Scrape and the fact it sucked the life out of the building are 2 primary reasons for abandoning in season.
— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) November 18, 2014
The pre-overtime ritual will be replaced with full shovel crews, which will speed up the process of clearing the ice and allow the action to resume in a more timely and fluid manner.
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