The complex nature of ICING THE PUCK
By Kevin Klein Hello all, This week I want to talk about icing the puck, otherwise known as Rule 10.5 in the Hockey Canada rule book. We see this many times in minor hockey games across the city but do we really know the rule well enough? This past weekend a coach asked me about icing the puck and his points were valid — “there doesn’t seem to be any consistency in calling icing.” Rule 10.5 — Icing the puck — reads like this: “Icing the puck is completed the instant the puck