Please explain in simple terms please
2007-02-01 13:57:35 · 7 answers · asked by DKCUBS 3 in Sports ➔ Hockey
Icing is when a player shoots the puck behind the center red line and it crosses the opposing goal line. As soon as a defending player touches the puck, play stops and there will be a faceoff all the way back in team's end of the ice that "iced" it. The intent of the rule is to prevent the game from just deteriorating into each team dumping the puck to the other end -- that would remove most of the passing and stickhandling required to create offense.
Icing is NOT called if the team is short a man ("killing a penalty"), the defending team doesn't touch the puck first, the referee judges that the defending team could have played the puck before it crossed the goal line, or the puck enters the goal crease .
2007-02-01 14:15:00 · answer #1 · answered by clueless_nerd 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Icing the puck is when a player shoots the puck from his own side of center ice (the red line), it goes untouched beyond the opposing team's goal line (but not in the goal obviously) and an opposing player is the first to touch it (in the NHL). In international play, icing is called as soon as the puck crosses the goal line. It does not need to be touched.
The purpose of the rule is to prevent defenders from having an easy out.
The result of icing is a face-off deep in the offending team's zone.
An official, usually a linesman, can wave off icing for a few reasons: if he feels the puck could have been played by the opposing team before it reached the goal line, if the puck goes through the goalie crease or if the offending team is killing a penalty and is shorthanded.
Wikipedia has a good explanation if mine is confusing:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icing_(ice_hockey)
2007-02-01 14:08:41 · answer #2 · answered by Josh G. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Icing is when a player shoots the puck from his own zone and the puck goes all the way to the other end of the ice without being touched by the defending team.
2007-02-01 14:07:19 · answer #3 · answered by Homeboy Security 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
icing is when one team shoots the puck down the length of the ice, usually from their zone. they must have shot it from behind the red line. if the puck goes past three lines (red, blue, and goal line), and none of the shooter's teamates get to it before the opponent does, it is an icing.
when icing occurs, the faceoff is in the shooter's zone.
icings cannot be called if the shooter's team has a penalty. if the opposing goalie touches the puck, the icing is also canceled.
2007-02-01 14:10:06 · answer #4 · answered by jonathan e 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the puck goes over three lines in a row without the defensive team touching it, then it is an icing call.
2007-02-02 10:35:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
icing is when the puck gets shot to the other end of the rink say by the defence and the one recieving team get to it first before all of their team crosses the blue line.
2007-02-01 14:09:46 · answer #6 · answered by curlysue 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when the puck crosses three lines without anyone touching it. The lines are the large straight lines going from left to right across the rink.
2007-02-01 14:01:18 · answer #7 · answered by mave_dawg07 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋