NCAA considers tighter hockey icing rule
June 23, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—The NCAA is considering whether to make icing a violation atall times during a game, including during penalty-killing situations.
The NCAA says the proposal comes from the men’s and women’s hockey rulescommittee. Currently, as is the case in the NHL, short-handed teams can ice thepuck during power plays without having play stopped for a faceoff in their zone.
The committee believes the rule change will create more scoring chances forthe team on the power play and perhaps make some players less likely to takepenalties because it will be tougher to kill the penalty time.
The NCAA’s Playing Rules Oversight Panel will consider final approval forthe rule change during a July 29 meeting.
NCAA may boost penalties for hockey head shots
June 11, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—The NCAA is considering a crackdown on hits to the head inhockey.
Under a proposal by the sport’s rules committee, a hit to the head wouldcarry a minimum five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct ordisqualification. The committee’s proposals must be considered by the PlayingRules Oversight Panel in July before being implemented.
Committee chair Forrest Karr, the athletic director at the University ofAlaska Fairbanks, said player safety is “critically important” in collegehockey and that players will be “penalized severely” for contact that targetsthe head and neck area.
Earlier this year, the National Hockey League outlawed blindside hits to thehead and recommended that offenders be given a 5-minute major and a gamemisconduct.
