devilsfan26

The NHL does not need more goals.  The number of goals scored is not what makes hockey exciting, it's scoring chances and rushes that make you sit on the edge of your seat.  Basketball has a ton of scoring and it's not exciting at all.  Lacrosse has a lot more scoring than hockey and it's not all that exciting either because of how much time is spent passing the ball around the outside so far away from the net that it is nearly impossible to beat the goalie from such a distance.

There's no need to make any drastic changes to make the game more exciting, if it wasn't already exciting we wouldn't be watching it.

Yeah ProSkate in Monmouth Junction has an NHL-size rink as well as an international-size rink.  I know some people who play there and they all hate when they have to use the international rink for the same reasons Devils731 mentioned.  None of them are pros, but the point remains.

For some asinine reason, this isn't on TV but you can watch it here:  http://www.firstrow1...ships-2013.html

If you're using Firefox install the AdBlock add-on, otherwise there is a ton of ads.

Well according to my own speculation, they probably use smaller rinks here so they can fit more seats in the arenas.  Also when the sport was starting to be professionalized back in the day, there probably wasn't an international governing body yet so there weren't set standards.  I guess the norm in North America was just smaller than the norm in the rest of the world so it remains that way.  Or maybe it has something to do with the metric system.

I like hops too, but I tend to not like as much the Imperial IPA's as much as the regular IPA's.  The main thing is that I find it harder and harder to find good smooth IPA's as it seems every brewery is in some sort of hop "arms-race" to brew the hoppiest beer in existence.

For me it depends on the specific beers.  For example I like Kane's Overhead more than Head High, but I like Firestone Walker's Union Jack more than Double Jack.