Looks like the National Hockey League just wants to finish itself off once and for all. It’s bad enough that the league had given up broadcasting on the Worldwide Leader for the virtual anonymity of Versus. But now their new network wants to bring back a bad idea that will certainly have hockey hotheads blowing up all over again:

The glow puck!

AWFUL ANNOUNCING slapshoots news from USA TODAY that Versus & the NHL are thinking of re-introducing “puck-tracking technology” for next season. Apparently they’re not aware of how well the idea was received last time:

Tracking would make it easier for TV viewers to follow the fast-moving puck. But the idea brought back memories of Fox’s “glowing puck” experiment from 1996-98. It got mixed reviews, with some players and coaches complaining the internal electronics of the “FoxTrax” puck made it play differently.

Yeah, the reviews were mixed - from bad to god-awful. We ourselves remember watching the debut of the miraculous “FoxTrax” - as soon as that blue dot appeared on the puck, the whole room erupted with laughter.

Need a refresher as to the glory of FoxTrax? FAN IQ is able to hunt down some video proof of the noble electronic experiment: