Tell me what “icing” is in hockey and truly, explain it like I’m 5

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Answer 1

Ok.

Hockey rink has big red line in center, and big blue lines on either teams end. It splits the ice in into roughly fourths.

If a team, in their own defensive zone (the one with their own goalie) and behind that big red halfway line sends the Puck from back there into the opposing zone without crossing that big red halfway line first, that’s icing. Defenders can still do it though, as long as the offensive team can reasonably catch up to the puck before it gets to the end wall.

If they do commit icing, the whistle is blown and play is stopped. Puck is then dropped on one of the blue dots of the original defensive zone.

During power plays you can ice the Puck without the whistle being blown.