The last 5 minutes of a meaningful hockey game are the most exciting in sports.....and I am still not sure what constitutes “icing.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XbL7lG0Su8
Icing is when the puck crosses a blue line AND the center line when shot into the defending end without being touched by an attacking player between those lines, IF shot in that direction by an attacking player in his own end.
It’s actually LESS complicated than it sounds. Really.
In ice hockey, icing is an infraction when a player shoots the puck over the centre red line and the opposing team’s red goal line, in that order, and the puck remains untouched without scoring a goal. It is not icing if the puck enters the goal, even if it was shot from behind the centre line.
Sorry, I was not firing on all 8 when I posted the last one. That was describing offside.
Icing is when the puck travels across the center line and the defensive blue line and the goal line (not into the net) and a defending player touches said puck before an attacking player can get to that puck.
That brings the puck back to the offending team’s zone for a face-off.