Proposed Rule Changes for NCAA Ice Hockey

[Falcon Fanatic]

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=24400

Highlights:

-two-referee, two-linesman system – which was added as an approved system in 2006 – as the only officiating system for all levels of college hockey

-Goals scored by kicking: The committee spent a considerable amount of time discussing goals that are scored with the use of the skate. To make this rule as clear as possible, the group proposed adjustments to its rules that will allow all goals scored as a result of deflections. This will include deflections off an attacking player who is in the act of stopping, provided neither skate is used to direct the puck into the net. Pucks that are directed or kicked with the skate moving toward the goal will not be allowed.

-Shootout: The committee voted to maintain the traditional game structure (60 minutes, followed by a five-minute overtime), but will allow interested conferences to use shootouts at their discretion. This will in no way alter national rankings or the NCAA championship selection process.

-Icing: The committee approved a proposal dealing with icing. The rule will not allow a team that ices the puck to change its on-ice personnel.

-Faceoff locations: Starting next season, all faceoffs will be conducted at one of the nine faceoff spots.

[rc_ziggy84]

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=24400

Highlights:

-two-referee, two-linesman system – which was added as an approved system in 2006 – as the only officiating system for all levels of college hockey

-Goals scored by kicking: The committee spent a considerable amount of time discussing goals that are scored with the use of the skate. To make this rule as clear as possible, the group proposed adjustments to its rules that will allow all goals scored as a result of deflections. This will include deflections off an attacking player who is in the act of stopping, provided neither skate is used to direct the puck into the net. Pucks that are directed or kicked with the skate moving toward the goal will not be allowed.

-Shootout: The committee voted to maintain the traditional game structure (60 minutes, followed by a five-minute overtime), but will allow interested conferences to use shootouts at their discretion. This will in no way alter national rankings or the NCAA championship selection process.

-Icing: The committee approved a proposal dealing with icing. The rule will not allow a team that ices the puck to change its on-ice personnel.

-Faceoff locations: Starting next season, all faceoffs will be conducted at one of the nine faceoff spots.

My thoughts...
Two ref System- This sucks. It sucks in the NHL and it will suck in college hockey.

Goals scored by kicking- It still leaves too much gray area. There will still be complaining and missed calls if this is a judgment call. This should be an all or none situation, either goals off the skate count or they don't.

Shootouts- Please no, please no. (see two ref system)

Icing- I'd like to see the touch-up icing implemented, but the current system isn't bad.

Faceoff Locations- This makes a lot of sense. If you can have faceoffs anywhere, what's the point of the dots. It will eliminate a lot of those dumb faceoffs just inside the blueline and stuff.

[MACMAN]

I like the two ref system and how well it has worked, not with out its own issues but its an improvement.
the off the skate rule, i can see where it will have some new problems but its and improvement as a players who is clearly stoping can not be kicking the puck.

SHoot outs suck, they suck in the NHL and they suck in any league, they are not hockey. It is like using a slam dunk contest for basket ball. Play tha damn game and get on with it.

Face off locations...this is stupid, the face off needs to be at the point a player tossed it out of the rink.

Icing this is a good change.

[pdt1081]

-Icing: The committee approved a proposal dealing with icing. The rule will not allow a team that ices the puck to change its on-ice personnel.

Never understood the point of this. If you sit on the sides of the rink, above the glass, be prepared for a lot more pucks flying at you. Instead of icing, putting the puck into the stands is going to be the best play when you are trapped in your end. I hate this rule for all levels of hockey.

[DWhite21]

I'm not against the two ref system but the shootout and the icing rule don't make much sense in my opinion. The only reason the NHL instituted shootouts was because they thought that they would be exciting for the fans coming out of the lockout. Given, any time a game goes down to the wire I hope it goes into a shootout, but that doesn't mean I think it's a good way to determine the winner of a game. The NHL put the icing rule in after the lockout too to supposedly spark offense I believe.

[bgbill]

Refs: do we really need another zebra getting in the way? Not to mention the extra cost. CCHA doesn't have a full complement of proficient 3-man crews. Think games will be longer?

Ties: sometimes, games should end in a tie. Not fair to tired goalies to put all the pressure on them.

Icing: what's the point? Many times, you're down to the player with the puck is the only one who won't be able to go to the bench, everyone else has already changed. Touching up
makes sense to me (with no 2-line call).

[MACMAN]

-Icing: The committee approved a proposal dealing with icing. The rule will not allow a team that ices the puck to change its on-ice personnel.

Never understood the point of this. If you sit on the sides of the rink, above the glass, be prepared for a lot more pucks flying at you. Instead of icing, putting the puck into the stands is going to be the best play when you are trapped in your end. I hate this rule for all levels of hockey.

that results in a delay of game and you go a man down for 2 min. this is unchanged.

[pdt1081]

that results in a delay of game and you go a man down for 2 min. this is unchanged.

As of right now, only in the NHL. The only rule about this in the NCAA is if the goalie clears the puck over the glass without hitting anything else first...when the ref is actually man enough to call it.

[Falcon Fanatic]

that results in a delay of game and you go a man down for 2 min. this is unchanged.

As of right now, only in the NHL. The only rule about this in the NCAA is if the goalie clears the puck over the glass without hitting anything else first...when the ref is actually man enough to call it.

...which leads to the other issue of having two refs.....will they both be man enough to call penalties? In the past when they had two refs, the "head" ref would make 90% of the calls. The other one would hardly call anything...so what was the point of having two?

[BG84]

I think ND got screwed out of a goal in the the FF final game. Yes, the player's skate was moving toward the goal, but it wasn't propelling the puck toward the goal. I belive this is the third year in a row this rule has been tinkered with. Will the committee get it right?

I forget what the rule was before the changes in the last couple of years--goals off an offensive player's skate were disallowed? Assuming that's true, the rules have gone from the black-and-white end of the judgment spectrum to the shades-of-gray end. It's like the crease rule. Used to be, if an offensive player was in the crease before the puck, the goal was disallowed. Now, he's allowed to be there as long as he doesn't interfere with the goalkeeper's ability to play the puck. There's something positive to be said for "black and white" rules vs. rules that call for fine-grained judgement.

No shootouts. There's nothing wrong with a tie.

For reasons of safety I don't see the NCAA ever implementing touch-up icing.

[TG1996]

For reasons of safety I don't see the NCAA ever implementing touch-up icing.

Coming from an organization that mandates 12 "contact to (in, near or around) the head" calls a game, I think you're right.

Also agree with you somewhat on the "black and white" rules argument, although everytime I think that's the way it should be, there's something that changes my mind. (Esp. RE: the crease rule). And I think ND *did* get screwed out of a goal in that game. Killed any last chance at momentum they might have had.

[Jacobs4Heisman]

They;re not going to implement touch-up icing when many in the NHL are lobbying to adopt the college icing rule.

I like shoot-outs in the NHL. Not so much in college. With so few games played in college, if you don't like ties, just play until somebody scores.

All goals off a skate should count. I don't care if you bicycle-kick it in. I believe this at all levels.

[Peregrinner]

All goals off a skate should count. I don't care if you bicycle-kick it in. I believe this at all levels.

That should count for 2 goals. Maybe 3.

[Schadenfreude]

-Shootout: The committee voted to maintain the traditional game structure (60 minutes, followed by a five-minute overtime), but will allow interested conferences to use shootouts at their discretion.

Ick.

[TG1996]

CCHA will use a shootout after a 5 min OT.

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