ChuckNORRIS4Cup Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 NHL pulling faulty pucks with tracking tech The NHL announced that it will stop using pucks with imbedded tracking technology for the foreseeable future due to complaints about their performance during the start of the 2021 season. The change is effective beginning with Tuesday night's games. The NHL reviewed the first supply of tracking pucks that it has been using and determined that they did not receive "the same precise finishing treatments during the offseason manufacturing process as were used during the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs." One NHL player told ESPN on Tuesday that the pucks were "terrible" and "don't slide," adding that players had voiced their displeasure with them. The league said a new supply of the pucks will be available soon and will "undergo appropriate quality control testing" before being used in games. In the interim, the league said it will use official game pucks from the 2019-20 season. It will also continue to use optical player tracking, which is the other half of the two-pronged tracking system along with the devices inside the puck. This is the first full season of puck and player tracking for the NHL, which promises to provide a significant amount of new data to enhance everything from TV broadcasts to sports wagering. The league has attempted to embed technology inside pucks for years, finding the results too ineffective or costly. This incarnation of the pucks was used during tests and in the postseason during 2020, with a sensor in the puck tracked by 14-16 antennae installed in the arena rafters. https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/30743632/nhl-pulling-faulty-pucks-tracking-tech Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 So that's why we're 1-3 to start the season. 2 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, -AJ- said: So that's why we're 1-3 to start the season. It also explains why we couldn't score a power play goal. Now we finally get a power play goal and Newell Brown's job is safe. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Didn't learn the lesson from the Fox puck fiasco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckNORRIS4Cup Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 1 minute ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: It also explains why we couldn't score a power play goal. Now we finally get a power play goal and Newell Brown's job is safe. They weren't able to activate the no slide mode on these pucks now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImConfused Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Well that's pucked up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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