More than likely the ECAC wants them to get off the ice and have a few
more minutes to study. :-)
Tony Buffa
RPI '64
On Nov 24, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Rick McAdoo wrote:
> I've seen games in ECAC, Hockey East, Atlantic Hockey this year and
> watched games on TV from both CCHA and WCHA, and the only league that
> seems to have this protocol penalty is the ECAC. All the other
> games have
> allowed players to leave the bench at the end of a period and skate
> out to
> greet/congratulate/encourage the goalies. From that I'm guessing that
> only the ECAC has some special rule or regulation about this. Is it
> possible there was some trouble last year with teams gathering en
> masse on
> the ice and the league is trying to avoid a similar issue this year?