It’s a frequent — and most often frantic — high-pitched yell when kids playing street hockey in North America know their game is about to be interrupted. Then the nets are back on the street and play with the often tattered hockey sticks and a battered tennis ball resumes — at least until the next car approaches. If the National Hockey League has its way, youth in Australia — where it's common to see cricket being played in parks and on quiet streets — will soon have an opportunity to do the same with a variation of North American street hockey.
Beyond managing potential fatigue following this preseason trip, the team is so snugly against the salary cap that it might have to play a portion of the season a player or even two skaters short.