Potential "Trick" play?

[HereCometheHawks]

A few years ago the Stars did this trick play where they won a faceoff, then did an intentional player change, where the player on the FAR end of the bench jumped on the ice.

After a penalty expires, does the penalized player HAVE to come out of the box? Could you leave him in, but then substitute a player on the ice from the end of the bench closest to the offensive zone. I feel like this could potentially work really well in the 2nd period.

 

[JVR21]

I don't see how that could be legal. If it was, players could essentially use their penalty box as a second bench.

 

[Beezeral]

thats not how it works. player from the box has to be the one to step on the ice

 

[Sinistril]

A player serving a penalty on the penalty bench, who is to be
changed after the penalty has been served, must proceed at once by
way of the ice and be at his own players’ bench before any change
can be made. For any violation of this rule, a bench minor penalty
shall be imposed for too many men on the ice (see Rule 74 – Too
Many Men on the Ice)


^ I think that covers it.
The wording is strange, but it would imply that what you are asking is illegal. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[rduck1]

A player serving a penalty on the penalty bench, who is to be
changed after the penalty has been served, must proceed at once by
way of the ice and be at his own players’ bench before any change
can be made. For any violation of this rule, a bench minor penalty
shall be imposed for too many men on the ice (see Rule 74 – Too
Many Men on the Ice)


^ I think that covers it.
The wording is strange, but it would imply that what you are asking is illegal. Correct me if I'm wrong.

You are correct. The bolded parts clearly state that the player must leave the penalty box, and that another player cannot be substituted without the player going to the bench first.

 

[ZadorovNJD*]

This sounds like a great idea, but I don't think the rules allow it for some reason.

 

[SoftDumps]

A really quick google search on NHL rules would have yielded an answer to this question. The answer being no, of course. Unless you'd figured decades of NHL coaching somehow missed a loophole to be exploited?

 

[HighNote]

When I played hockey in high school, we had this trick play off of a defensive zone faceoff if it was the 1st or 3rd period. If the faceoff was on the same side of the ice that the benches were and we won the faceoff back to the corner, a winger would skate to the bench like he got hurt or something, and a forward from the far end of the bench would hop off. Meanwhile, the defenseman would delay for a second or so, then wing it around the boards and out of the zone. The guy jumping off the bench would pick the puck off in the neutral zone and go in on a breakaway.

It actually worked once or twice.

 

[SmCurse]

Well one thing comes to mind I once witnessed:
Normal line change and one player doesn't go in.
Opposing team doesn't notice this and when the team with 4 players get the puck in their own end the missing player jumps in and gets a pass ->breakaway.
I don't think they played 4 vs 5 intentionally though.

 

[afurrywabbitwolf]

A more important question...why exactly does the goalie tap his stick at the end of a pp again?

 

[Michael Farkas]

A more important question...why exactly does the goalie tap his stick at the end of a pp again?

To let his teammate's know the penalty is expiring and there is a man coming out of the box behind them...

 

[ORLY]

A more important question...why exactly does the goalie tap his stick at the end of a pp again?

To check if his stick is broken. It's too risky to do that at even strength.

 

[GoJetsGo55]

To check if his stick is broken. It's too risky to do that at even strength.

Yep. Pretty much this. When a team has a PP, their goalie doesn't get a lot of action. This can result in what's called "cold stick." The materials become rigid in an almost "sleep" like state. In order to ensure that the stick is working to it's full potential, the goalie will smack it on the ice to essentially "wake it up."

 

[Moops]

Aww, so players aren't allowed to hide in the box in an attempt to cherry-pick a breakaway attempt?

 

[Woll Smoth]

I've always thought that the best counter to the other team pulling their goalie was to pull your own goalie too.

 

[SoftDumps]

To check if his stick is broken. It's too risky to do that at even strength.

I lol'd

 

[wej20]

I've seen the Pens put a guy in at the near end of the bench then have his replacement come out at the far end, that's about as far as you can with trick plays.