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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
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Less than a period after scoring his team's first goal

Less than a period after scoring his team's first goal on Friday, a Minnesota high school hockey player was tragically paralyzed in a holiday tournament hockey game.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/highschool/blog/prep_rally/post/High-school-hockey-player-paralyzed-after-hit-in?urn=highschool-wp10640

What does "Less than a period after scoring his team's first goal" mean? Does it mean "after scoring his team's first goal in the first period"?
  

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In this case it means: Less than 20 minutes after...... Because in hockey a period is 20 minutes. In hockey there are 3 periods of 20 minutes, with an intermission if 10 minutes between every period.

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  • In this case it means: Less than 20 minutes after......
  • Because in hockey a period is 20 minutes.
  • In hockey there are 3 periods of 20 minutes, with an intermission if 10 minutes between every period.
  • So the sentence in itself doesn't state if it's happened in the first period.
  • It only says that he was paralysed, less than 20 minutes after scoring his first team goal.
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In this case it means: Less than 20 minutes after......

Because in hockey a period is 20 minutes. In hockey there are 3 periods of 20 minutes, with an intermission if 10 minutes between every period.

So the sentence in itself doesn't state if it's happened in the first period. It only says that he was paralysed, less than 20 minutes after scoring his first team goal.
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