Odd/little known rules in NHL?

[LeHab]

Curious what are some interesting odd/little known rules set by NHL or individual teams. Examples:

1. Players cannot endorse alcoholic products except for beer. Teams have no such restriction.
2. Refs officiating in a 1000th game get to chose which game they officiate.

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[Cellee]

A goal that bounces in off a ref is waived off.

News to me until this week.

 

[mccabe2424]

Pulling your goaltender in overtime you lose the point I think

 

[Cellee]

Pulling your goaltender in overtime you lose the point I think

Also found that out this week

 

[Mulletman]

Vancouver has banned Fortnite. Oficially signaling that they want no part of Patrik Laine. Ever!

 

[JerseyMike34]

Also found that out this week

Did that happen this week?

 

[Caeldan]

One that doesn't come up often but usually surprises a few people:

If a player legally carries or passes the puck back into his own defending zone while a player of the opposing team is in such defending zone, the off-side shall be ignored and play permitted to continue

 

[LeHab]

Pulling your goaltender in overtime you lose the point I think

Interesting, wonder about rational for this. Perhaps prevent a team that knows to suck in SO from going "all-in"?

 

[Erndog]

A goal that bounces in off a ref is waived off.

News to me until this week.

Can we elaborate on this one? I saw it too of course and a guy at work said that he heard that IF the Puck bounced off a ref and THEN any player other than a goalie, it would have counted.

So Puck gets shot in, bounces off ref, bounces off Dman and in, it counts?

 

[Nizdizzle]

Players can be forced to officiate their own game

Every once in a while, an official gets hurt or becomes ill during a game and can’t continue. The rulebook covers how to handle this situation in section 31.11, spelling out how the responsibilities will be divided up among the remaining officials and whether an available backup should be brought into the game.

But what happens if the officials don’t show up at all? That’s also covered in the rule, which lays out what happens if, “through misadventure of sickness,” the officials are a no-show. And the answer is that things get weird.

The first step is that the league tries to find alternate officials. If they can’t, it falls to the two teams to agree on a neutral party. And if that doesn’t work, then each team appoints one player, and those players officiate the game.

Yes, really.

And, believe it or not, the rule has actually been used at the NHL level. In 1983, a snowstorm delayed the arrival of the referee and one linesman at a game between the Whalers and Devils. With only one official on hand, and no qualified substitutes in the building, New Jersey’s Garry Howatt and Hartford’s Mickey Volcan were told to don the stripes. Volcan even kicked Ron Francis out of a faceoff.

The situation was short-lived; the missing officials arrived in time for the second period, and the rule has never come into play again since. But it’s still on the books, waiting for the day that some future officiating crew falls victim to “misadventure”.

Down Goes Brown: Five NHL rules you may not have heard of - TheHockeyNews

 

[Cellee]

Did that happen this week?

There was a thread about a team potentially doing it, this week, and that is where I got clued in.

 

[Wasted Talent]

Can we elaborate on this one? I saw it too of course and a guy at work said that he heard that IF the Puck bounced off a ref and THEN any player other than a goalie, it would have counted.

So Puck gets shot in, bounces off ref, bounces off Dman and in, it counts?

That exact situation happened earlier this season and was called off

 

[LeHab]

Down Goes Brown: Five NHL rules you may not have heard of - TheHockeyNews

Lol a team would be down by a player but could compensate by getting favorable calls.

 

[Shakey Rustie]

Both teams can wear coloured jerseys.

 

[LeHab]

This is obviously no longer applicable but once upon a time...:

4. FLOPPING. On January 19, 1918, the NHL adopted a rule that allowed goaltenders to fall to their knees to make a save. Prior to the rule change, a goalie was assessed a minor penalty and fined two dollars for “flopping.” Goalie Clint Benedict perfected an act in which he pretended to lose his balance to stop the puck.

From: Hockey's Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Wicked Slapshots, Bruising Goons and Ice Oddities

 

[Brian McDavid]

This is obviously no longer applicable but once upon a time...:



From: Hockey's Most Wanted™: The Top 10 Book of Wicked Slapshots, Bruising Goons and Ice Oddities

Forget bigger nets, bring this back!!!

 

[LeHab]

Forget bigger nets, bring this back!!!

They better make it more than two dollars although the two min minor would enough of a deterrent.

 

[Perratrooper]

Pulling your goaltender in overtime you lose the point I think

Woah, whoah, woah, so if a team has a delayed penalty and the other teams pulls their tendy and pots an own goal they don't get a point?

 

[Satire]

I think a little known rule is how the rules are supposed to be enforced consistently. Can someone tell me? I have been watching this game for over 30 years now and still don't understand it.

 

[jgatie]

Woah, whoah, woah, so if a team has a delayed penalty and the other teams pulls their tendy and pots an own goal they don't get a point?

There's an exception for pulling him for a delayed penalty call.

 

[DickSmehlik]

Back up goaltenders can wear caps, but only their own team's or NHLPA logo.

 

[ToDavid]

That exact situation happened earlier this season and was called off

The NHL clarified that the refs got this wrong and that goal should have counted. Not much they can really do about it other than say "my bad".

"That rule was clarified to the league's general managers last month after a similarly bizarre play between the Carolina Hurricanes and Boston Bruins on Oct. 30, when a puck cleared by defenseman Calvin de Haan hit referee Francois St. Laurent, deflected off Hurricanes forward Lucas Wallmark and went into the net. In that instance, the goal should have counted for the Bruins. The Bruins won 3-2."

 

[IceNeophyte]

Pulling your goaltender in overtime you lose the point I think

I thought this was a joke. Looked it up, it's true. IF the opponent puts the puck in the empty net to win.

 

[IceNeophyte]

Woah, whoah, woah, so if a team has a delayed penalty and the other teams pulls their tendy and pots an own goal they don't get a point?

The opposing team must score into the empty net for the point to be withheld. An opposing team can't score on a delayed penalty.

 

[Cataphract]

Deliberate Illegal Substitution - If by reason of insufficient playing time remaining, or by reason of penalties already imposed, a bench minor penalty is imposed for deliberate illegal substitution (too many men on the ice) which cannot be served in its entirety within the legal playing time, or at any time in overtime, a penalty shot shall be awarded against the offending team.