Suggested Rule Change taken from NBA

[Honour Over Glory]

I think the Coach's Challenge is what needs expanding, into penalties. You can't call out refs, you can't comment on officiating without getting in trouble, well this is the best way to get that without hurting their pathetic feelings.

Is that off sides or goalie interference not clear? cool, challenge it. Was that tripping call something you notice didn't really happen? Challenge it.

NFL does it.

 

[Sniper99]

If you're going to bring in a time clock for anything bring it in for when the player is behind his own net waiting for his teams line change before he finally moves the puck. I found this years playoffs to be super frustrating waiting for the team including mine to make a change. Give them 10 seconds to move it.

 

[ijuka]

Good suggestion. Icings aren't punished strongly enough as is.

 

[Steve]

i don't hate the idea but IMO teams shouldn't be punished for attempting to make a breakout play. I hate when a team tries a long pass only to have the puck bounce over a stick and icing is called. It discourages uptempo offence. I think if you fix that, a bit of the issue goes away.

 

[kcin94]

I don't mind the idea, but it's fixing a problem which doesn't exist. Very rarely is an icing intentional and is usually a result of a missed pass. Secondly it is already punished without being able to change resulting in tired players and/or a bad matchup.

 

[IU Hawks fan]

I think the Coach's Challenge is what needs expanding, into penalties. You can't call out refs, you can't comment on officiating without getting in trouble, well this is the best way to get that without hurting their pathetic feelings.

Is that off sides or goalie interference not clear? cool, challenge it. Was that tripping call something you notice didn't really happen? Challenge it.

NFL does it.

The NFL does not review penalties.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

people are being snarky ***** but OP's idea isnt bad. dont really think it would affect the game too much though

 

[meenamjah]

pretty stupid. it'd discourage long passes. disallow icing on power plays instead.

 

[Roomtemperature]

For the love of god, stop trying to promote offense through POWER PLAYS.

Bigger net it is

 

[cowboy82nd]

What's the best way to kill off a penalty? Icing.

That's funny, I didn't know that you could ice the puck while being short handed.

 

[klassic]

Couldn't find any true league wide results, but everything I have found seems to peg the total number at approximately 9 icings per game. Thus having a rule of no more than 4 per period seems moot as it will rarely be necessary.

 

[Seanaconda]

That's funny, I didn't know that you could ice the puck while being short handed.

Maybe that's what he meant. That they should enforce icing during powerplays because dumping the puck is mostly what pkers try to do

 

[Seanaconda]

Couldn't find any true league wide results, but everything I have found seems to peg the total number at approximately 9 icings per game. Thus having a rule of no more than 4 per period seems moot as it will rarely be necessary.

in the last 2 minutes of a 1 goal lead you tend to see a handfull of icings so you may see it then

 

[Kirikanoir]

Couldn't find any true league wide results, but everything I have found seems to peg the total number at approximately 9 icings per game. Thus having a rule of no more than 4 per period seems moot as it will rarely be necessary.

Nine a game!!! Dear god how will the NHL ever survive this epidemic of icings.

Like some of us said, trying to fix a problem that does not exist. Much ado about nothing.