What is icing?

Answer 1

Icing is when the puck is cleared from behind the red line, passes wide of the goal, and is touched up by a skater from the opposing team. In the CHL, ECHL, college and international competition, icing is automatically called as soon as the puck crosses the goal line.

Icing does not apply to a team that is killing a penalty. In the NHL, a team that ices the puck cannot make any substitutions prior to the next play.

Answer 2

Icing in ice hockey occurs when a player shoots the puck across both the red line and the opposing team's goal line without the puck going into the net. If any player touches the puck after it passes the red line the icing is waved off. When icing occurs, a linesman stops play. Play is resumed with a faceoff in the defending zone of the team that committed the infraction.

In European professional leagues, some lower-level professional North American professional leagues (ECHL and Central Hockey League), and most amateur leagues worldwide, play is stopped for icing once the puck crosses the goal line. This is called automatic or no-touch icing.

In the NHL and AHL, along with many North American professional leagues, a player on the opposing team other than the goaltender must touch the puck to cause the stoppage of play. If the puck is first touched by the goaltender or a player on the team that iced the puck, icing is washed out (canceled) and play continues. The icing rule can lead to high-speed races for the puck. While an icing call is pending, the linesman raises an arm to indicate that a potential icing call may be made. If the icing is washed out, the official lowers his arm and gives the washout signal (extending both arms sideways from the body at shoulder height).

Icing is always washed out in the following situations:

The team committing the icing is shorthanded
The linesman believes a player on the opposing team could have played the puck before it crossed the goal line.
In the NHL, the linesman deems the icing is the result of an attempted receivable pass.

Rationale
The icing rule was introduced to prevent instances where teams facing a much stronger opponent often resorted to pure defense, simply shooting the puck up the ice every time they gained possession, resulting in an unexciting spectacle. Some teams also adopted this tactic to waste time when they were ahead late in the game, especially if the score was still close. The NHL instituted the icing rule on March 13, 1939.

The rule was modified prior to the start of the 2005–2006 NHL season to further discourage the offending team from "icing the puck". Players from a team which has iced the puck are not allowed to be substituted off the ice before the next faceoff. Teams often would ice the puck to gain a stoppage in play when the team is in need of a line change (substituting its players) due to fatigue. In an attempt to speed up game play, the NHL adopted this rule, hoping the added consequence would reduce the number of icing infractions.

If a player of the side shooting the puck down the ice who is on-side and eligible to play the puck does so before it is touched by an opposing player, the play shall continue and it shall not be considered a violation of this rule.

Answer 3

Icing occurs when a player sends the puck down the ice into the opposing teams end and it crosses the center line and the red line in the opponents end without touching any player after crossing the center line. The referee can also call off the icing if he thinks that a player could have gotten to the puck before it crossed the redline.

Answer 4

icing is when a player on either team dumps the puck in the opposing teams defensive zone from behind the red line. In order for it to be an icing, the puck must pass the goal line untouched.

Answer 5

when a person sends the puck from his side of the ice,,to the other end of the ice acoss the 2 blue lines,,at even strenght

Answer 6

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Answer 7

when a player on the opposing team dumps the puck past the goal line.

Answer 8

When you pass the puck away to the opposing teams side o waste time

Answer 9

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