Fluto: For Americans 14 and younger, icing on penalty kill won’t be allowed

[Mainehockey33]

Great, this would make already poor officiating stand out even more. I like the idea of penalties were called better, but as it is I'd rather they just shrunk goalie equipment.

 

[hoss75]

I don't agree with this rule change at both NHL and amateur levels.

The team on the PP should get punished if it can't keep possession.

Attempting to increase scoring on the PP in the NHL is just another way of masking the issue that it is way too difficult to score 5 on 5. Also, if you increase the PP% expect more embellishment.

Just cut down the goaltending equipment or make the net bigger.

Excellent points.

 

[Spanky185]

I'm strongly against this change.

However, if they're going to make this a rule change, baseball needs to change a caught foul tip to an out.
No difference between a tipped ball that's caught and popped foul that's caught IMO.

It's that way in cricket, but they don't have balls and strikes like baseball does.

Anyway, I agree that icing being allowed SH has never made sense to me, wouldn't mind seeing this at the NHL level

 

[Glove Malfunction]

Seeing how the Bruins are always at the top of the standings for more penalized teams in the league, this would not be good on us.

This is not true. What is true is that the Bruins are consistently at the very bottom of the league for powerplays drawn.

 

[Glove Malfunction]

The NHL, making rules no one wants, never making rules everyone wants

In the era pf parity, this is exactly what should happen. This isn't the 50's Habs this is a diffrent era. No more icing tbe puck, no more pp ends with a goal , 2 minutes are 2 minutes, deal with it.

What I was trying to say is players/coaches will still have the same focus on the PK. I'm thinking at the pro level, but my guess is coaches will think the same at lower levels. They will still want rotation of players, which to me means you still won't see teams on the PK hold on to the puck to create the skill development the articles states they are trying to achieve. Players will learn how to dump it without icing, similar to what we've seen since the no change on icing rule change.

I'm also more worried giving any more advantages to the PP team will just lead to more specialization of players and more trying to draw penalties.

I don't agree with this rule change at both NHL and amateur levels.

The team on the PP should get punished if it can't keep possession.

Attempting to increase scoring on the PP in the NHL is just another way of masking the issue that it is way too difficult to score 5 on 5. Also, if you increase the PP% expect more embellishment.

Just cut down the goaltending equipment or make the net bigger.

You guys must have missed the important note of this rule change. It's only for USA hockey, and only at the Bantam (U-14) level and younger. Midgets still play with shorthanded icing, as does high school (at least in Massachusetts). As far as I know, there's been no meaningful discussion of exploring this as a rule change for the NHL (or any pro league).