Experimental Rules to be Used by WCHA During Exhibition Season
Sept. 29, 2006
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MADISON, WI - The Western Collegiate Hockey Association will be experimenting with some new rules during men's exhibition games scheduled during the 2006-07 season. They will include four games this weekend - the University of Calgary at Denver and U.S. Under-18 Team at Alaska Anchorage exhibition games on Saturday, Sept. 30 and the University of Manitoba at North Dakota and University of Calgary at Colorado College exhibition games on Sunday, Oct. 1.
The experimental rules that will be used are as follows:
1. Officiating System: Two referees and two linesmen. The system could be adopted for all of college hockey in the future.
2. When a team is shorthanded due to a minor or major penalty, the team that is shorthanded cannot ice the puck. If they do, icing will be called and the offending team will not be allowed to substitute players.
3. When teams are playing at full strength and a team ices the puck, they will not be allowed to substitute players.
The exceptions are if if a goaltender was pulled for an extra skater and that team wants to put the goaltender back in, if a player is injured on the play, or if a penalty would occur during the play.
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