Possible rules changes next season?

[Shaggy]

The IIHF have just announced rules changes for 2010 onwards... and some of these are already part of the NHL rules. With the EIHL having its own hybrid set of rules (a shy, retiring creature, only seen by the luckiest of hunters! ) I wonder if we're going to see some more of these adopted by the EIHL (some we already have, like the line changes thing after icing):-

www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/news/news-singleview-world-championship-2009/article/new-rules-after-2010.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=2717&cHash=d2db686853

Personally, I'd like to see the following introduced:-

++ After a penalty has been called, the ensuing faceoff will be in the defending zone of the penalized team.

++ If a penalty shot is awarded, the fouled player must execute the shot. Under the current rulebook, the coach can pick any player to take the shot.

++ When there is a delayed penalty called against a team already playing shorthanded – and a goal is scored during the delayed penalty – the first penalty is terminated, but the delayed penalty is assessed. Under the current rulebook, the delayed penalty would be terminated, while the player in the penalty box would remain.

[Shorty]

The last two that you mentioned should really happen anyway. The first one could certainly be interesting. It should in theory cut out some of the more needless penalties

[Panthers4eva]

I like the look off the first one also. Seems good to me

[spik]

I think I can see the logic in all.

P.S. Did you manage me a World Prog? I guess not.

[tootoo]

Oh, who cares? The rules are only ever as good as the officals who apply them.

[Shaggy]

May 11, 2009 20:10:08 GMT spik said:

P.S. Did you manage me a World Prog? I guess not.

I did get one... all I have to do now is find it... (I use the 'cluster bomb' technique of unpacking! ;D)

[grumpyminer]

May 11, 2009 20:53:40 GMT tootoo said:

Oh, who cares? The rules are only ever as good as the officals who apply them.

......or even know them!!!
Difficult though....as they aren't written down anywhere.

[Deleted]

May 11, 2009 20:53:40 GMT tootoo said:

Oh, who cares? The rules are only ever as good as the officals who apply them.

what ive been saying for years, so they may as well have any rule in this league.

Even the most respected refs in the NHL., watson, Mcleary, Fraser etc get it wrong from time to time i guess

[Rhino#13]

We need a rule to stop that stupid random occurence of teams being able to score two goals on the same powerplay. You know that one where both teams have a player serving a coincidental, a second player gets two minutes, the other team gets a goal on the powerplay and the guy on the coincidental gets let out of the box meaning a second powerplay ensues when the other coincidental gets let out of the box 'cos the third penalised guy is still sat out. That sounds really confusing. Hang on this will make it clearer :

Richardson (Panthers) 2.00 mins at 28mins
Payette (Newcastle) 2.00 mins at 28 mins

Neilson (Panthers) 2.00 mins at 29mins
Newcastle score on powerplay at 29.30mins
Richardson let out of the box with remaining 30 seconds of his penalty waived.

In the box is now :
Payette (Newcastle) 0.30 min left at 29.30 mins
Neilson (Panthers) 1.30 mins left at 29.30 mins

Payette comes out of the box on 30.00 mins starting Newcastle's second powerplay for the remaining 1.00 min of Neilson's penalty.
Newcastle score on their second powerplay resulting from Neilson's single penalty.

Its all because the rule states that the player with the least time left gets let out of the box when a powerplay goal is scored.

This doesn't happen often, but whenever it does there's a furore and the team that lost out says 'we're going to campaign to get the rule changed' and then it never does get sorted. I mean surely someone just needs to say 'Look, coincidentals run concurrent to each other regardless of powerplays'.