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COLLEGE
OVERTIME IN COLLEGE HOCKEY
WILL HAVE A NEW LOOK and feel
this season as the NCAA ice hockey rules
committee has proposed a five-minute,
3-on-3 sudden-death overtime period to
determine the outcome of tied games.
If neither team scores, a three-
person shootout could be used in
conference games or for in-season
tournaments to decide which team
advances. In regular-season non-
conference games, the result of
the game would go down as a tie if
neither team scores in overtime.
The current rules call for a five-
minute, 5-on-5 overtime period with
conferences given the option to
follow that with an additional 3-on-3
overtime and shootout.
Four of the six men's Div. I
conferences—Atlantic Hockey, Big
Ten, NCHC, and WCHA—as well as the
women's WCHA had already adopted
the new format.
The committee also recommended:
• Teams be allowed to choose which
faceoff circle the puck would be
dropped at the start of a power play
or after icing.
• Officials be allowed to issue a warning
on faceoff violations, instead of
ejecting the center from the draw.
A second violation would result in a
two-minute bench-minor penalty for
delay of game.
• The removal of the rule that required
teams to shake hands after a
game. Conferences and schools will
determine their postgame protocols.
All rule change proposals must be
approved by the NCAA playing rules
oversight panel.
COLLEGE OVERTIME
GETS AN OVERHAUL
k
College hockey is about to get
even more exciting with proposed
new overtime rules this season.
