NCAA ice hockey rule change prediction & discussion thread

[D2D]

Re: NCAA ice hockey rule change prediction & discussion thread

No.

If there was you'd see players feigning injury every time there was contact. If left "unchecked" it might even start to resemble soccer!

 

[AggiesHockey]

Re: NCAA ice hockey rule change prediction & discussion thread

If there was you'd see players feigning injury every time there was contact. If left "unchecked" it might even start to resemble soccer!

Good responses, all.

I'll stick with my original comment that unless refs have the bollocks to appropriately assess major penalties, they're not going to cut down on dangerous plays along the boards. And checking from behind in a manner that sends an opponent's head crashing into the boards is a dangerous play.

 

[Trillium]

Re: NCAA ice hockey rule change prediction & discussion thread

If there was you'd see players feigning injury every time there was contact. If left "unchecked" it might even start to resemble soccer!

There are potential ways of preventing fake injury calls. If a penalty were to be assessed based on injury, the injured player could have to also sit out the remainder of the period and/or game for precautionary reasons. If the player is truly injured this isn't an issue.

 

[CARDS_rule_the_Burgh]

There are potential ways of preventing fake injury calls. If a penalty were to be assessed based on injury, the injured player could have to also sit out the remainder of the period and/or game for precautionary reasons. If the player is truly injured this isn't an issue.

1. Send in your 4th line
2. Get the most "expendable" player to get hit by opposing team's biggest threat.
3. Said 4th-liner feigns injury
4. 4th liner sits out a period, opposing threat is ejected
5. Enjoy the rest of the game.

 

[Eeyore]

Re: NCAA ice hockey rule change prediction & discussion thread

More importantly, for penalties and suspensions to best act as a deterrent, you need to punish the action, not the outcome. This is a basic principle from parenting to criminal justice. Basing the suspension on the result makes the punishment arbitrary and unpredictable, which is enough of a problem with hockey officiating already.

 

[Trillium]

Re: NCAA ice hockey rule change prediction & discussion thread

More importantly, for penalties and suspensions to best act as a deterrent, you need to punish the action, not the outcome. This is a basic principle from parenting to criminal justice. Basing the suspension on the result makes the punishment arbitrary and unpredictable, which is enough of a problem with hockey officiating already.

The problem is that too many times I have witnessed officials watch--and blatantly ignore--crosschecks/trips/slewfoots of players, even headfirst into the boards/post which can create career-ending injuries. In addition, officials tend to be so completely obsessed with where the puck is, that they are often oblivious to the many dirty goings-on behind the play.

There is no doubt that a major part of the problem is the sheer incompetence of refereeing at this level. In the absence of better officials, perhaps if replays were automatically reviewed in cases where an injury results, some of this would be better addressed. When many players are losing full seasons and beyond, with the perpetrators not even assessed a minor when a major and suspension are deserved is something that needs to change.

Or else maybe we'll have to encourage more ND-esque action with players taking out the ref.

Locally, any head contact penalty is an automatic ejection. Why not the NCAA?

 

[CrazyDave]

Re: NCAA ice hockey rule change prediction & discussion thread

Locally, any head contact penalty is an automatic ejection. Why not the NCAA?

Actually, it is - a major and a game misconduct - but I've only seen it called a couple of times in the past 2 seasons, and not at a game I was at (only through box scores).