[Basel A]

I agree there are certainly more ties this year, but I think that came along with the "scoring system people can understand." This year, you can usually see the balls individually getting into the goals, whereas last year, it was usually pretty difficult to gauge how many balls were being scored.

Also, as scores go up (as they have been, at least in MI), there must statistically be less ties. That 18-18 tie was quite the exception, though.