John T Whelan wrote:

> On Tue, 6 Jun 2006, Rowe, Thomas wrote:
>
>> Well, its sort of like holding on in boxing.  Holding is against the
>> rules, but when the fighters are tangled up it has to be pretty
>> blatant befoe the ref calls a penalty point.  Its a time-honored way
>> to get a brief respite.  Icing the puck to get a line change would
>> seem to me to fall in the same category.  Its a classic, standard
>> part of the game.  Hence, I am on John's side here.
>
>
> I see icing to get a breather more like hauling someone down to
> prevent a breakaway.  You do something illegal and willingly accept
> the penalty, because it prevents a situation more dangerous than the
> penalty itself.

Except that, in this case, there is a much larger discrepancy between 
the cost of the penalty and the cost of continuing.


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