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What determines what team will start on what side in hockey?
By hoif | May 12, 2009
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May 13th, 2009 at 12:56 am
One side is the visitors side and one is the home side. The visitors score in the home teams side and the home team scores on the visitors side.
May 16th, 2009 at 12:58 am
The net closest to the Home Team’s Players bench is where the home team starts the game.
May 17th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
home starts on the side the is adjasent to the home bench
May 18th, 2009 at 12:20 am
your goalie is on the bench side for the 1st and 3rd period. The main point of that, is if you have to pull your goalie in the 3rd, he is closer to the bench.
May 20th, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Other than what’s already been said, no there is no rhyme or reason. The Home side is determined by the way the arena is set up and by the home team and it remains that way.
They usually set things up to give some kind of subtle advantage to the home team.