Former Brown goalie Jack Kelly made 13 saves in the Team USA exhibition at Lake Placid, N.Y. (Courtesy)
Last week in Lake Placid, N.Y., USA Lacrosse held an official exhibition with professional and college players. That exhibition was played under a new set of rules that have been streamlined for the Olympics. That ruleset is also called “Sixes."
Sixes is different from both field and box lacrosse. It’s supposed to be a hybrid of both versions of the game -- at least, theoretically.
Removing the (sublime) violent bits of both games, shortening the shot clock to the lifespan of a mayfly, and only allowing six players plus a goalie on the field at once sounds like fun.
It also sounds like a drill you run to end practice instead of a real game.
