NCAA won’t change icing rule
July 8, 2010
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—The NCAA has decided against making icing a penalty at alltimes during college games, even for short-handed teams.
The ice hockey rules committee announced its decision Thursday after schoolsobjected.
The committee had considered making icing a penalty even for teams defendingthe power play, saying it would have rewarded speed and skill and helped tocreate scoring chances. Schools instead recommended that the rule be mandatoryfor exhibition contests only.