What is icing? What’s an offside in hockey? [hockey 101] 

Being a sports fan, you must have liked game 6. Congrats Denver. Lightning was a long shot to me. I am a Tampa fan. Denver flew thru the playoffs. Good play, but they had tons of rest time between series. Plus home field advantage was bigger then ever. Denver is 6000 feet above sea level and bodies have to be ready at that thin air. I did a medical mission in Peru and rode horseback to 6-8500 feet and you're dizzy all the time and weak from lack of oxygen. That's why they stank first 2 games. Not taking anything from Denver , three peet is almost impossible. They played very good. Now football time, go BUCS and gronk will come back after the heat cools down. You think he would leave Brady hanging? Plus he wants to and him in HOF together. Neal

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@@BenchWormSports Thank you❤👍🏻 What is the penalty for offside?

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@@BenchWormSports I still don't understand offside totally. I mean, icing is simple but offside is not. I've seen so many plays where I'm like, "OFFSIDE' cuz some player was deep in the o-zone and clearly offsides according to my, obviously still inccorrect understanding of it. doh!

@@BenchWormSports I still don't get it. Was just watching that epic pass from Draisaitl to Ryan Hopkins from the other day.... Epic pass, but why wasn't that offsides? Both him and the puck were across the blue line when he received the puck. I still don't get it. I dunno. Maybe i'm just stupid. I get icing. That's so simple. But am still confused about this offsides shit. And I used to play soccer and hockey when I was a kid and I still don't frigging get it. Hmmmm. Maybe that's why I didn't go pro. :-)

@@BenchWormSports I've also had people tell me that it's only offsides if theres no defenders in front of you and you receive a puck in the o zone, but if you're not offsides if there's a defender ahead of you...... I'm still confused after all these years.....

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I think what might have happened was, your player was offside and had to tag up, but didn’t. The opposing team was probably trying to exit their zone, and you touched the puck before they were able to exit.

Good point! It’s definitely not perfect. That said, it has prevented a lot of injuries if you consider all the plays where icing was called.

You’re right! The first time I saw that on TV it blew my mind.

I should've added.. Good video btw very clear and illustrative for those new to the game

@@hulk3503 thanks so much!

Yup if a team has the puck in their own zone, the opposing team can pressure them in the zone as long as they are onside.

Great catch!

Good point Ron - I missed that one!

The players get off when they're tired, but in minor hockey if a player has been on for, say, more than a minute and a half (yes, the sport is that demanding) the coach will often tell them to get off and might brench them for a little

In the pros, the coaches will tell the players when to change, usually in 30-second shifts, and the players on the ice need to check for signals from the bench to know to end their shift. Which offensive line and or defensive pairing goes out next depends on the game situation or who the opponent has on the ice (e.g. if the other team has their top scorers out, the coach will put out defensive/shut-down combinations to stop them).

Also, you forgot to mention that if a goalie leaves his crease or makes a gesture like he going to leave his crease that will also nullify an icing call.

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@@BenchWormSports yeah it did. I mean 90% of what happens in a game is defined by those 2 rules so.

That's right! Icing will be waived off if your teammate can get to the puck first (or if the ref thinks your teammate will get to the puck first). If your teammate is in the offensive zone before the puck gets there, your teammate is offside.

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It really is - and linesmen will miss an offside call every now and then. The NHL has a system for that. If a team scores a goal, and the opposing team believes it resulted from a missed offside, the coach can request a review - this is called a coach's challenge. The play will then be reviewed. If it turns out that the play was offside, the goal is called back. If the play was indeed onside, the team who called the challenge is assessed a minor penalty.

@@BenchWormSports why is their no system in Hokcey like VAR in football in English premier league, why do they leav to human intuition?

@@finalfrontier001 The NHL does have a VAR-like system, where league employees in Toronto have access to cameras from every game and can alert the on-ice officials if goals should stand. All goals are automatically reviewed before the ensuing face-off. Coaches also can challenge a goal they think shouldn't count (offside entry, high stick, didn't cross the plane, etc.); if they lose the challenge, their team loses their sole time out of the game.

@@Liggie55821 Video replay ruined hockey.

When icing is waved off, it’s as if nothing happened. There is no whistle, and the play just continues on.

@@BenchWormSports Who waves it off? Who is allowed to wave it off?

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For sure! I'd like to cover more sports at some point.

Great question! If icing was allowed, players would likely ice the puck way more often. This would break the flow of the game and could make it boring to watch.

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Forces a team with a lead to keep playing the game properly and not keep resorting to delay tactics. Teams would do this a lot back in the early years of the NHL. You’d really only have to score a couple goals and then do this the rest of the game. I think it came to a head when a team was protesting something that they didn’t agree with, so they scored early in the game and literally kept icing the puck down the rink for the rest of the night, so the rule was implemented in 1937 so it wasn’t so boring and frustrating. Think of it this way; would you want to see or play in a game where all that happens is just one team continuously shooting it the length of the ice for nearly all 60 minutes?

@@nathanviebranz9111 not at all. and thank you so much for this information which is why i asked! I greatly appreciate this. :) im just getting into hockey and have a lot to learn.

"Wasting time" is why the icing rule was implemented in the first place.

Because there would actually be "no strategy"......just a bunch of guys slapping the puck around willy nilly.