In the NHL the defender must touch the puck before an offensive player in order to validate the icing call. If the offensive player gets there first then play would continue. In many other leagues the icing call is automatic and play is blown dead as soon as the puck crosses the goal line. The race is not to the puck but to the corner face-off dots. If the defending player is ahead in the race to the dots then an icing infraction is called.
This is known as hybrid icing. One piece of hockey trivia related to icing hockey is that the WHA big league from the seventies never adopted the rule of allowing opposing team to ice the puck while shorthanded.
Icing would still be called. The rule was introduced in and it was believed that it was a reaction to the powerhouse Montreal Candiens whose Power Play was explosive. Serial entrepreneur who started building websites in Founded The Hockey Writers in Jan.
Traveled with family for a year, visiting 25 countries along the way. I go more into depth about the penalty kill or, conversely, the power play, in my blog post here. There are 3 known types or variations of icing:. As described earlier, hybrid icing is the current variation adopted by the NHL and other pro sports leagues. Once the puck is iced, the play will be whistled as an infraction should the opposing team player skates by their defensive red dot first.
Touch Icing was the version of icing adopted by the NHL prior to hybrid. In this case, the referee would signal the infraction and whistle the play dead if the opposing team player touched the puck first. Should the violating team reach the puck first or if the opposing goalie showed intent to play the puck, the play would continue.
Likewise, the play would continue if the goalie would touch the puck. No-touch icing is very popular in recreational or amateur sports leagues. Basically, whenever the puck is iced, the referee will blow the play dead once the puck reaches past the opposing goal line regardless of player positions on either team. The only exception is if the goalie shows intent on playing the puck.
Icing was adopted at the NHL level in to penalize teams that were clearing the puck as a delay tactic. In short, defensive teams were shooting the puck down the ice to prevent the opposing team from bridging the gap in score. There have been several amendments to the icing since its adoption, including the following changes. In , icing was waved off if the goalie chose to play the puck.
In the season, if the puck travelled through the crease area icing would be also be nullified. Line change restriction was implemented in the season — that is, the offending team was required to keep the same players on the ice. And as of the season, touch icing was replaced with hybrid icing source. Most recreational hockey leagues adopt the no-touch icing automatic icing rule. In this case, the referee will call the icing infraction as soon as the puck crosses the goal line regardless of any of the player positions on the ice.
Shorthanded is when one team has less players on the ice because a player is in the penalty box. The shorthanded team is allowed to fire the puck as far as they like without getting an icing call.
The opposing team with more players on the ice, the team on a power play are however still bound by the icing rule. In this situation icing the puck is usually a good move as a way to get the back away from your net as fast as possible -- as you have fewer players available to protect it. When the referee blows the whistle due to an icing call, the other team get penalized by having a face-off in their own side of the rink.
This is a minor penalty in the grand scheme of things, but its risky territory as the puck is now close to the goal and the opposing team have a fighting chance of scoring a goal -- if they win the face-off. Touch icing occurs when a player on the opposing team must touch the puck to cause the referee to call icing.
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