Here are some of the latest changes to the NCAA Division One Hockey. I don't have a problem with the rule for penalizing the head shots "if" the refs can call the game correctly, I am not convinced with the MORONS in stripes that grace the ice in WCHA that they can do this without screwing up the game and inserting their biases into officiating the game. I don't think the refs in the WCHA are capable of pulling this off.
The NCAA Ice Hockey Committee has proposed a series of rule changes that, if approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Committee in July, would go in effect for the 2010-11 season. The proposals are:
* Enhancement to the contact to the head rule to include a minimum of a five-minute major penalty and either a game misconduct or game disqualification penalty
* Enforcement of icing at all times, including while a team is shorthanded
* Modification of the no-touch icing rule to wave off icing if an official determines that an attacking player would reach the puck before a defending player
* Alteration of the delayed penalty rule to provide the offensive team with a power play even if a goal was scored during the delay
* Changing which end each team defends during an overtime period (goaltenders would now switch ends after the third period)
The committee also addressed a proposal that called for allowing half-shield visors instead of full facemasks, but determined that more scientific data was needed before a proposal could be made.
[inside College Hockey]
Enforcement of the icing rule at all times even while killing a penalty is a horrible idea and that rule change should be voted down. It’s a horrible rule. I think that college hockey rules should mirror the NHL and not take on crummy youth hockey rules for peewees and bantams. If the NCAA is going to adopt the rules of USA Hockey at least use the one that the
USA junior hockey uses. The college game is fine and if you want to improve the game make an honest attempt to cut down on the obstruction.
