Most often times college hockey enacts rules that have either been already in place in other leagues. This time, its a little different. The NCAA rules committee is looking to enact a new rule for the 2010-11 season that would eliminate legal icing during a penalty kill.
College Hockey Is Set To Enact A Rule That No One Likes
↵This rule was pretty much unanimously shot down by the coaches in Division I and yet was stilled agreed upon by the rules committee. Here is what Bemijdi State coach Tom Serratore had to say about the situation:
↵↵“I’ve been in college hockey for 18 years and I’ve never seen anything like this in my life,” Bemidji State coach Tom Serratore told the Grand Forks Herald. “It was almost unanimous for the entire coaching body. How can the committee overturn the entire coaching body? I think it’s sad, the lack of respect that the committee had for the coaching body. ... We didn’t spend any time even talking about it because it was so radical. We just voted 12-0 (against it, among the WCHA coaches) and moved on.”
↵↵It will be interesting to see if this proposed rule change will make it through the NCAA committee, which it should. Then, the real impact will be seen as to how it affects the college game.
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