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Sorry, fans: Houston Aeros cut off beer sales at end of 3rd period, prior to ’4th period’ (PHOTO)

Here at Puck Daddy, we advocate responsible imbibing of adult beverages at hockey games. While personal responsibility is paramount, having concessionaires end their sales at some point during a game is also an effective method of controlling fans' intake.

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Take the Houston Aeros, the Minnesota Wild's AHL affiliate, for example. They boldly cut off sales of alcoholic beverages for fans during home games at Toyota Center. Yep … if you want to grab a beer in the first minute of overtime, you're plum outta luck, buster:

From friend of the blog Ritch Duncan on TruTV.com's Dumb As a Blog:

Granted, the Toyota center is also home to the NBA's Houston Rockets, so I specifically asked the young lady if I could get a beer during third period action.

"Yes sir," she said with a smile. "We don't want drinking and driving, so we stop alcohol after the third."

Makes sense. Obviously, having extra time added to the game is a fantastic way for fans to sober up, despite it being impossible to predict both in occurrence and duration. Then again, you might be attending those two-thirds of regular-season games that don't go to overtime, in which case you can suck down suds through the final whistle and then stagger off to your next destination. Old time hockey!

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