livinthedream
02-20-2008, 04:05 PM
Mods feel free to move this into an appropriate thread:
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/canes/index.php/canes?title=just_for_kicks&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
While the Hurricanes didn't make a deal at the GM meetings this week in Florida — "A lot of talk, a lot of huddling and not a whole lot done," general manager Jim Rutherford said Wednesday as he returned to Carolina — there was one big change at the meetings, and it had something to do with the Hurricanes.
Andrew Ladd's second goal against the Boston Bruins last week, which deflected off his skate and over Bruins goalie Alex Auld, helped prompt a new standard for kicked-in goals.
As long as the player's skate remains on the ice, he can turn his skate or even slide his skate to redirect the puck. That guideline replaces the "distinct kicking motion" previously used for rulings.
"When you look at Ladd's goal," Rutherford said, "that's the definition of a good goal."
That change is immediate. Two other changes will take effect next season: Faceoffs after shots that deflect off the goalpost or crossbar and out of play will remain in the offensive zone, and all faceoffs after penalties will take place in the power-play team's offensive zone.
The NHL also considered moving to one-minute penalties in overtime, Rutherford said, but with no decision in that area.
Now that rule I think I can actually understand.
http://blogs.newsobserver.com/canes/index.php/canes?title=just_for_kicks&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
While the Hurricanes didn't make a deal at the GM meetings this week in Florida — "A lot of talk, a lot of huddling and not a whole lot done," general manager Jim Rutherford said Wednesday as he returned to Carolina — there was one big change at the meetings, and it had something to do with the Hurricanes.
Andrew Ladd's second goal against the Boston Bruins last week, which deflected off his skate and over Bruins goalie Alex Auld, helped prompt a new standard for kicked-in goals.
As long as the player's skate remains on the ice, he can turn his skate or even slide his skate to redirect the puck. That guideline replaces the "distinct kicking motion" previously used for rulings.
"When you look at Ladd's goal," Rutherford said, "that's the definition of a good goal."
That change is immediate. Two other changes will take effect next season: Faceoffs after shots that deflect off the goalpost or crossbar and out of play will remain in the offensive zone, and all faceoffs after penalties will take place in the power-play team's offensive zone.
The NHL also considered moving to one-minute penalties in overtime, Rutherford said, but with no decision in that area.
Now that rule I think I can actually understand.