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At one time, early 70s?, it was also icing if you made a two line pass, ie, you passed the puck to a teammate and it crossed two lines.
It’s easier to understand if you understand WHY it’s a rule first.
Imagine 2 teams, red team, and blue team. Back in the day, a strategy for hockey was score a goal, and then for the rest of the game just turtle in front of your net. This led to a lot of boring 1-0 hockey games. Blue team would score a goal, and then just sit back in front of their net. When red team shot, someone would block it somehow and launch the puck back down the ice. Red team would have to go get it, skate back into Blue’s zone and repeat over and over again.
The league decided to create an “anti-defensing” rule that said you can’t do that. If you want to dump it down the ice, you have to at least come halfway, then you can dump it.
So that’s the rule. You can’t just yeet the puck down the ice. You have to come to at least the red line before the dump. If it crosses the goal line (the other red line) from behind the center ice line, that’s icing.
Some things negate icing. You’re allowed to ice the puck when your team is killing a penalty. If an “attacking” player gets there first it’s not icing, if it hits a defender or goes through the crease it’s not icing, etc.
It’s when the puck crosses 2 blues lines and 2 red lines on its way down the ice. If the other team gets there first, you get called out for shooting the puck down the ice, or “icing” the puck. The refs bring it back to your end of the rink.
It’s when the puck crosses 2 blues lines and 2 red lines on its way down the ice. If the other team gets there first, you get called out for shooting the puck down the ice, or “icing” the puck. The refs bring it back to your end of the rink.
If you look at the hockey rink there are 5 lines, goal line, blue line, center red line, blue, goal. If you shoot the puck from your side of the red line, so that it travels all the way across the goal line before anyone touches the puck from either side the whistle is blown and the puck is brought back to your teams side
There are a few exceptions to this rule, if the puck goes in the net, even though it crossed the goal line it counts as a goal and not an icing
Another example is if you shoot it and neither team puts an effort into getting the puck, and the referee’s discretion is that someone could have touched the puck then it isnt an icing
Also if you’re on the defending teams and the puck is coming right at you and you lift your stick to let it pass that’s not an icing.
The final situation (that I’m aware of) is when you are shorthanded so you are playing with less players on the ice than your opponent
Goalies are subject to different rules, for example they can act like their going to touch the puck then decide they wont and let the puck ice
If you look at the hockey rink there are 5 lines, goal line, blue line, center red line, blue, goal. If you shoot the puck from your side of the red line, so that it travels all the way across the goal line before anyone touches the puck from either side the whistle is blown and the puck is brought back to your teams side
There are a few exceptions to this rule, if the puck goes in the net, even though it crossed the goal line it counts as a goal and not an icing
Another example is if you shoot it and neither team puts an effort into getting the puck, and the referee’s discretion is that someone could have touched the puck then it isnt an icing
Also if you’re on the defending teams and the puck is coming right at you and you lift your stick to let it pass that’s not an icing.
The final situation (that I’m aware of) is when you are shorthanded so you are playing with less players on the ice than your opponent
Goalies are subject to different rules, for example they can act like their going to touch the puck then decide they wont and let the puck ice
Wow! All these awesome answers – I’m going to add to the fun here as I’m unsure a 5YO would understand yet. I’ll pay $20 (unsure how to pay it exactly but will figure it out) to the wining response that 1) is 10 words or less and 2) leaves me with no confusion.
Ball goes too far across field without being touched by attacking team.
Easiest definition of icing there is.
More detailed.
Hockey is a game of important lines. The blue lines tell you whos zone it is. If the blue teams goalie is net the blue line he is closest too shows you his zone. The red line at center ice is 1/2 the rink.
If a blue player sends the puck across the red teams blue line while behind the center ice line and the puck touches no red player on the way. The puck must cross the goal line to be considered icing. The goal line runs along the net board to board.
The lines are what is important.
Way back in the day the rules stated that the blue team must touch the puck before the red team for it to be an icing. This rule was changed because players skating at a thousand miles and hour into the boards was causing carrier ending injuries. The rule is
If the puck is shot from outside the red line – called gaining the line – crosses the goal line and a red player is first to the face off dots it is whistled icing. It is a hard rule to break down because there are a bunch of sub rules but i tried.
Ball goes too far across field without being touched by attacking team.
Easiest definition of icing there is.
More detailed.
Hockey is a game of important lines. The blue lines tell you whos zone it is. If the blue teams goalie is net the blue line he is closest too shows you his zone. The red line at center ice is 1/2 the rink.
If a blue player sends the puck across the red teams blue line while behind the center ice line and the puck touches no red player on the way. The puck must cross the goal line to be considered icing. The goal line runs along the net board to board.
The lines are what is important.
Way back in the day the rules stated that the blue team must touch the puck before the red team for it to be an icing. This rule was changed because players skating at a thousand miles and hour into the boards was causing carrier ending injuries. The rule is
If the puck is shot from outside the red line – called gaining the line – crosses the goal line and a red player is first to the face off dots it is whistled icing. It is a hard rule to break down because there are a bunch of sub rules but i tried.
Wow! All these awesome answers – I’m going to add to the fun here as I’m unsure a 5YO would understand yet. I’ll pay $20 (unsure how to pay it exactly but will figure it out) to the wining response that 1) is 10 words or less and 2) leaves me with no confusion.
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