The NHL Board of Governors has conditionally approved the institution of the “verification line,” an extra line on the ice inside the net to help gauge whether a puck has crossed the goal line.
NHL Approves Verification Line, Thinner Mesh Netting; Changes Could Come Soon
At the NHL’s Board of Governors meeting on Tuesday afternoon, approval was passed to implement the “verification line” first tested at the summer’s Research, Development and Orientation Camp in Toronto. The line, a three-and-a-quarter inch green mark behind the goal line and inside the net, helps replay officials gauge whether or not a puck has fully crossed into the net.
All of these changes, save the shallow nets, were also approved Tuesday. There’s no time frame on exactly when the changes could be implemented into NHL rinks, and the final decision on when or if that happens will fall on the NHL’s Director of Hockey Operations, Colin Campbell.
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