There have been a number of topics and rule changes brought up during the NHL’s research and development camp this week which are worth looking at.
A number of general managers and coaches have indicated that they approve of some of these changes that have been introduced.
In no particular order these are:
-Bigger crease
-Crease reset rule
-Verification goal line (additional line situated behind the goal line)
-No icing the puck while shorthanded
-Hybrid icing rule
-No line change for team committing an offside
-Line changes in front of each bench
-Wider blue lines
-Face-off variation (face-off controlled by whistle in place of traditional puck drop)
-Face-off variations (infringement results in the offending player moving back further, three face-off dots down the middle of the ice)
-OT—three minutes of 4-on-4, three minutes of 3-on-3, three minutes of 2-on-2 with long line changes; followed by three shooters per team in the shootout (if tied after three shots, then players who h ...
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The NHL’s R & D Camp: Suggestions on Tweaking the Game
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