data.3news-bydate.test.rec.sport.hockey.52563 Maven / Gradle / Ivy
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Coloured puck (was: CHANGES NOT NOTED YET!)
Article-I.D.: uicvm.93095.203829U16028
Organization: University of Illinois at Chicago, academic Computer Center
Lines: 15
In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (W. Jim Jordan)
says:
>The precedent was set by the WHA in their first season. They used a red
>puck for exhibition games and a blue one for the regular season.
>Thankfully, they abandoned it in favour of black before the next season
>began.
>
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One reason that the WHA abandoned the blue puck was the fact that it
crumbled very quickly during play. The blue dye that was used somehow
affected the vulcanized rubber of the puck, decreasing its cohesiveness.
Terry
[email protected]
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