Posted on September 20, 2010 by Andrew. There have been 0
comments.  Speaking with several Club Managers and Ice makers
about this article  They all seem very concerned because the ice
is already flattening out late in games. This was obviously a
concern for the men's Olympic team who chose not to use the new
pads. It was fine for the ladies Olympic team because only one
team was using the new pad. However, if both teams had been
using the new pads we would likely have seen flat and
unpredictable ice in the latter part of the game. A lot of those
exciting late game shots simply could not have been called, let
alone made - which in my opinion would suck the life out the
game we all love.  What already happens at competitive levels is
that the pebble is broken down in early and middle ends. Teams
resort to less aggressive hair brushes in late ends so as to
keep some pebble and therefore some predictability to the ice.
Do we really want this at club level play? Essentially
destroying the pebble and then resortin