Heads-or-tails rule to decide game leaves Calgary hockey team bitter
CALGARY — Players on a Calgary minor hockey team and their parents have flipped out after a coin toss was used to decide the outcome of a crucial playoff game.
There was no winner after a shootout last Saturday between the Calgary Royals and Calgary Buffalo Wranglers in their AA Bantam city championship quarter-final match.
The referees told the coaches the contest would have to be decided by the flip of a coin, which the Wranglers won to move on to the next round the following day.
Hockey Calgary says the coin toss rule has been in place for a few seasons, but Saturday marked the first time it was used.