If I remember correctly, the main point of the discussion was that the team
that committed the penalty was actually being somewhat rewarded by having
the option of icing the puck without restriction.


On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Joe Makowiec <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> At 6-6-2008 06:03 PM, Mark Lewin wrote:
>
>> There had been talk about prohibiting a penalized team from freely icing
>> the puck but nothing in the CHN report addresses that issue so I guess it
>> wasn't discussed.
>>
>
> If memory serves, this was a WHA rule.  Or maybe you had to get it past the
> blue line before you could ice it if you were on a man-down.
>
> Joe
> --
> Joe Makowiec can be reached at:
> http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe
> http://makowiec.org/
>