If Jacppo Nummilavin was trying to convince the coach to allow him on the ice for the last 2 minutes of the game he would only have one plan of attack. He would just lock eyes with the coach and he would not take his eyes off of him until he gave him the opportunity to get him in the game. There are few skaters that are better than Jacppo at firing from the blue line and when you are down by 1 with only minutes left there are few defenders you would want leading your team to tie the game. The coach knows this and everyone of Jacppo's teammates know it as well. There is just a momentum shift when he hits the ice and even though it might be a longer than average shift for the young defender it would not be any problem and I can guarantee you that the game would not go to overtime because Jacppo would score 2.