[EricLeifermann]

I don't think it was the amount of penalties called it was how much the penalties were worth. 10 points in this game was huge. The penalties should have been 2 or 5 points at the most. You have to think about how much you can score and how fast you can score it, and then asses how much a penalty should be worth. Penalties should not decide the match, and this year they decided just about every match. This is the first year out of the 7 years I've been in first where just about every match had penalties in it, and 9 times out of 10 they decided who won. I know the GDC probably didn't expect as much pile-ups near the quadrant lines but, again you should try and expect the worst so you can plan around it.

But on a plus note it was a rather exciting game this year. Did not expect that!