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Always Looking For A Better Puck
by Paul on 12/15/07 at 09:18 AM ET
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from the Toronto Star,
“We’re always looking at new things that come across our desk,” says Mike Murphy, vice-president of hockey operations for the NHL. “There’s always a package with something in it, a new puck ... and in our due diligence, we take a look at them.”
Sitting on Murphy’s desk at the NHL’s Bay St. offices are several pucks mailed in from inventors with ideas on improving the puck and its performance.
Among the versions Murphy studies are discs with 30- and 45-degree angles planed into the edges. The inventors claim the shaved pucks bounce less than standard models, especially when they rebound off the boards.
Bouncing appears to be the chief complaint against the puck, and the target of individuals attempting to refine it.
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