| The most recent changes brought about in the hockey | | | | playing goalie for the two teams involved in any given |
| world centered around the NHL lock-out of the | | | | contest, the reason being is due to the fact that a |
| 2004-2005 season, the end result was a season | | | | goalie is the single most important player on the ice |
| without hockey and a flurry of new rules, most of the | | | | and his performance will directly translate to the |
| new rules were created and designed to bring more | | | | success of any given team on any given night. Keep |
| excitement to the game of hockey, however, these | | | | up on starting line-ups and monitor the injury reports of |
| same rule changes also affected the way a gambler | | | | each team playing on a particular day, often a situation |
| now wagers on hockey with regard to the elimination | | | | will arise in which a back-up goalie gets the start. |
| of ties and the new shootout format to decide games | | | | 2) Have a team by team schedule for the season on |
| which of course put an end to games ending in a tie | | | | hand and realize in advance any and all scheduling |
| and brought about the introduction of the "money-line" | | | | situations that can and will impact any given teams |
| to hockey. | | | | performance, keep in mind that teams playing |
| Wagering on the "money-line" and/or on pitchers is | | | | consecutive games on the have a tough row to hoe |
| nothing new to those familiar to wagering on baseball, | | | | when facing rested home teams, quite often visiting |
| these new rules mentioned above make hockey | | | | teams do not arrive to the host city until early the next |
| wagering almost identical to baseball wagering in that | | | | morning because they finished up a night game and |
| the best route to take is simply betting a team to win | | | | then had to travel. In this scenario the visiting coach |
| or lose, the difference is that in baseball you must | | | | usually does not schedule a practice in order to keep |
| know your pitchers but in hockey you must know your | | | | the legs of his team fresh. |
| goalies, in my humble opinion the best way to wager | | | | 3) Hockey is similar to football in two key ways, first of |
| on hockey is by concentrating on spread doggies or | | | | all both games are very physical in nature, and |
| slight favorites, think about it a moment if you will my | | | | secondly the adage that defense wins championships |
| friend, if you were to concentrate the bulk of your | | | | holds true in both sports. In hockey like football, there |
| wagers on the doggies and make these same | | | | exists two type of teams, some teams play a style |
| wagers on the "money-line", then all you have to do is | | | | that is predicated on intimidating physical play featured |
| simply break even in the win/loss column to produce a | | | | by hard hitting while other teams play more of a |
| profit, following is a list of key factors to look for when | | | | finesse style of play predicated on timing, when two |
| making a hockey wager: | | | | teams with these contrasting styles play usually the |
| 1) The most important consideration is to know who is | | | | team with the more physical defense wins. |