I know its gone..but what exactly was a 2 line pass?

Question

i read it once but forgot. thx

Answer 1

A two line pass is when the puck is passed from behind the defensive blue line and received on the offensive end of the red line. It was two prevent forwards from hanging just outside the blue line. They could not go inside the blue line or it would be an offside pass. The two line pass rule was eliminated for two reasons. The first reason was that it would allow more fast breaks and more goals. The second was that once they extended the ofensive zone the distance between the blue line and red line became so small that is severly slowed down the fast break.

Answer 2

A 2-line pass was a pass originated from your defensive zone (behind the blue line) and received by a player who received the pass on the opposite side of the red (center) line and was on that side of the red line when the pass was originated. A player who received a pass on the opposite side of the blue line in his offensive zone would be offside by rule anyway, since he preceded the puck into the offensive zone.

Answer 3

The two line pass rule referred to an offensive player being beyond the blue line, when his team mate passed the puck from inside the redline of the defensive zone. Or, from between the the redline and blueline, and passing into the offensive zone. The rule was originally intended to slow down the press into the offensive zone.

Answer 4

Passing from a line to pass over two lines

Answer 5

if the someone passed the puck from inside there blueline and it wasnt touched till the far side of the redline was a two line pass if it hit an opposing player the two line pass was nulified

Answer 6

when a pass went over 2 of the 3 lines near the middle of the rink

Answer 7

A two line pass is when a player passes from one player to another and its voer 2 lines.

Answer 8

It was pass from blue line to blue line and it was a rule to prevent sandbagging on the other end of the ice

Answer 9

When a pass goes over both blue lines.

And it's actually still on the rulebooks, but it's grouped under offsides now. (as if it wasn't confusing enough for TV audiences)

Answer 10

It's amusing that so many people who didn't know the rule would actually try to answer the question rather than just reading the answer from those who actually knew the rule.