The rule is only in effect for exhibition games. The official Ice Hockey 2010-12 Rules 
and are online at http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/IH12.pdf

At the BU game today they officials called BU for icing while shorthanded in the first. In 
the second Windsor was called for icing while shorthanded and the coaches and 
players complained, so the official had a center ice face-off. In the third BU again iced 
the puck shorthanded and this time there was no icing.

Sean

On 25 Sep 2010 at 18:34, Joe Makowiec wrote:

> At the RPI/UdM game today, one of the teams was called for icing while
> they were shorthanded.  Is this a rule change this year*, or were the
> officials engaging in creative refereeing?
> 
> Never mind; just found this:
> 
> http://www.uscho.com/news/college-hockey/id,18665/IcingRuleGetsIcyRece
> ption.html
> 
> Apparently it is a rule change this year.
> 
> * If you remember the WHA, in addition to the orange pucks, one of
> their rule differences was that you had to clear the blue line before
> you could ice the puck while you were shorthanded.
> 
> Joe