So first off I would love to see the creativity of trick plays in hockey. I think it would be pretty neat to see from time to time and I’d love to see what these coaches can come up with. The reason I don’t think you see it in the sport very much is it seems like any trick play you could think of would be a very high risk type of play. The sport is already fast pace and can be very unpredictable and adding the planning and execution of trick plays along with line changes etc getting one to work would be difficult. I do think it’s possible though, but probably on a small scale. Maybe not the whole team trying something but something between two players could work. I wouldn’t say they don’t belong in the sport of hockey just that trying them and having them work is too unpredictable and not reliable. Maybe if you’re down by a lot but if you have a chance to win without them I say stay away.

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