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I love the crease! I found it motivated defensive players to defend more actively rather than sitting 3 deep and waiting for a shot. I rarely had to call an advantage from double goalie as a result of it but did give warnings a few times as it turns out 2 seconds is quite a long time.
In one scenario, i saw one goalie attacked by three offensive players in the crease while his team mates had been out positionned. I thought that it seemed unfair that they couldnt get in there to attack really, as the offensive players were being stationary in the crease and obviously the defensive players coul;dnt do this. On reflection, I feel that if the offensive team out manovres the defensive team, this is just their advantage and that what happened in this case was really the result of 3 players unable to take a shot. I think if we introduce this creASe rule permenantly it will open the game up. Love the crease!