GM's Say NO to No-Touch Icing
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by Jes No-Touch Icing is a rule that many hockey leagues have had for years, but one the NHL refuses to adopt like Angelina Jolie and any kid from Africa. Why is that? As we saw with the recent broken leg injury suffered by Kurtis Foster , the current way of touch icing puts the players at needless risk. Time and time again, we hear the same refrain: "We can't take away those exciting puck ...
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Does The CBA Allow It?
Published 3/28/2008 by The Puck Stops Here at The Puck Stops Here
On March 19th, it a game in San Jose, Kurtis Foster of the Minnesota Wild broke his left leg in a race for a puck on a delayed icing call. This has sparked debate about whether or not the NHL should institute no touch icing where icing is called whenever the puck is shot down the ice in an icing situation immediately instead of when a defensive player recovers it. The idea is that this would save a few races for relatively meaningless loose pucks which often can result in big hits that sometimes cause injury. Although the NHL GMs have shot down this proposal, I would support ...
