Huge slew of changes in 2005-06, including 4v4 OT, puck over glass, elimination of two-line pass, etc. I'd say that changed the game a lot more than who wears white when.
Puck over glass shouldn't be an automatic penalty, only if obviously intentional should it be penalized. Just make it a faceoff in the opposing team's zone.
You really want officials to determine whether or not a puck was put over the glass intentionally? Do you watch NHL hockey? Have you seen these officials? No way, not gonna happen. Just like high sticking, doesn’t matter if you didn’t mean to or not. That’s the rule and players need to not put the puck over the glass.
As a UK hockey fan who’s been here since 2015, this has to be one of the coolest and most fascinating videos you’ve made!! So so much appreciation for the amazing work that you do Shannon, you’re a true gem :)
Interesting fact on the red line: if you notice the red line is not solid. This is because on a black and white TV a blue and redline look exactly the same. So they broke up the redline to distinguish it from the blue line on a black and white TV. We still do it to this day.
@@pauljmorton they didn’t have all the cameras we do now. It was usually just 1. If the play was in the middle of the ice, then you may only see 2 lines. So it helps to know which one is red. Also remember TVs black then were really small so being able to easily distinguish the lines helped identify where on the ice the play was.
Unfortunately the head contact rules haven't gone far enough to protect players IMO. Protocols are nice, but until the league acknowledges CTE and makes all head contact illegal, players will continue to suffer head injuries and long term effects.
On the topic of helmets, I very much dislike the new rules about having to get off the ice as soon as you lose your helmet, assuming you can't get it back on right away. I feel like I've seen more players moving through dangerous situations without helmets since this rule change than we ever did before.
I'm honestly surprised this rule wasn't mentioned: Before the 1949-50 NHL season, the NHL passed a rule stating that no goaltender can be captain of team. This is sometimes called "The Bill Durnan Rule", named after the Montreal Canadiens goaltender, who was Captain of the team and would have disputes with the referees, which the other 5 teams stated that it gave the Canadiens unwanted breaks of the game.
In the interest of full disclosure I noticed Black Hawks prospect goalie Drew Commesso wore the 'A' this year at Boston University. I know it's not the NHL but still something.
Elbowing penalties were called a lot more frequently before face shields/helmets when there was contact to the head from the glove on up. Some of those are now called as roughing, but you really don't see many elbowing calls anymore.
Helmets did lead to more high sticks, but it might be due as much to the weight of the sticks. There is still no reason, in my opinion, for a stick to be above your shoulder, but you always see guys waving at pucks or going into the boards with their sticks above their heads.
Thanks for a wonderful presentation! Beginning with the 1970-1971 season, the NHL ruled that the home team would wear white, and the away team would wear colors, ending a very old custom in the league. Then, beginning with the 2003-2004 season, the NHL reversed itself, and went back to having the away team wearing white again. It is surprising that the shoot-out is not on the list.
One of the greatest videos you've made Shannon. Your ability to provide rich content and present it with humour is priceless! Thank you for all you hard work. P.S. I would prefer NHL going back to one referee, having two didn't really help did it?
I personally think they NHL should give the linesmen the authority to call any penalties or rule infractions they see; I think there would be less issues with the officiating if instead of there being 1 referee and two linesmen(the old system) and the current more crowded 2 referees and 2 linesmen, they NHL simply had 3 officials on the ice, 3 officials who all had the same authority to call a penalty. As how many times have we seen a Linesmen see a penalty; but they are powerless to actually call the penalty they saw, then have to go slow or stop the game to consult and talk to the referee; the games would be faster as there would be no need for a linesmen to go " number 12 on the Leafs was holding number 3 on the Jets behind you back" If the linesmen himself could actually make the call and give out penalties too. To me I think it would be better if the NHL scrapped the whole Referee and Linesmen titles and simply called all three Officials and gave all three the same power and authority on ice
Great video Shannon but what about the introduction of the trapezoid and going to hybrid icing? Love the icing rule as I feel it has helped cut down on a lot of injuries but I still don't care for the trapezoid, I like watching the goalies be more involved in the game.
They need to go to three point games. The fact some games award 3 points, some 2 is stupid. 3 points for a regulation win, 2 for an OT win, and 1 for an OT loss
I was told that after the second referee was introduced, Pat Quinn quoted "Great. Now they can be twice as bad". Somewhere during the late 1950s or early 1960s, they switched back to white for road teams and dark for home teams, because in 1967, Montreal wore red in the Montreal Forum and Toronto wore blue in Maple Leaf Gardens during the Cup Finals (they both wore white as the away team). Also, during the 1972 Summit Series, Canada wore red in the 4 games in Canada while the Soviets wore white, then they switched colours when the series shifted to Moscow for the other 4 games. The NHL went back to white for home and dark for away around 1975, which became the norm until 2003-04. In 2005-06, I believe both the shootout and the trapezoid behind the nets were introduced. I'm guessing someone had enough with ties and wanted all games decided with a win and a loss (may as well get rid of the points system if that is the case). As for the trapezoid, the league wanted more offensive zone time because Team A dumps the puck in, the goalie of Team B flicks it back out, no zone pressure from Team A. On top of helmets being mandatory, visors were made mandatory in the early to mid 2010s (everyone remembers the Leo Komarov penalty because he had his visor positioned wrong). And now helmets during warm-ups were recently made mandatory. Pretty soon, we'll be seeing full face shields become the norm (though helmets during warm-up being mandatory has been discussed since Taylor Hall tripped over a puck and his face was stepped on by a teammate's skate during a warm-up about a decade ago, so it was only a matter of time before the mandate would occur).
It's interesting that watching the Bruins two Stanley Cup wins in the early 70's you can see when the rule changed on uniforms. They won the Stanley Cup at home in 1970 and were wearing the dark uniforms. They won it in 1972 on the road (MSG) and were again wearing the dark uniforms. So that's when the rule changed.
Since uniform colors were mentioned multiple times - the NHL teams switched from wearing dark jerseys at home to wearing whites at home for the start of the 1970-71 season (or so I've read in multiple sources). So if home teams were wearing whites in 1951-52 that got changed somewhere well before 1970, got changed again for '70-'71 and again for 2003-04.
I seem to remember a year during the mid nineties where they had home teams wear their dark uniforms at home for part of the season. Maybe my memory is shot.
One rule most people might not be aware of is that goalies used to serve their own penalties, leaving someone else on the team to protect the net. In 1949-50, a rule was made so that a teammate would serve the goalie's penalty instead.
I would like to see that rule brought back. If the goalie commits the penalty, he should have to serve it. Put in the backup during the penalty kill. Additionally, you'd have to put someone else in the box for when the penalty expires, since you can't have 2 goalies on the ice.
@@EvanEscher What would be the logistics of getting your goalie back out of the box without a whistle? Be forced to pull your goalie and skate the other out from the box? Seems like a pretty absurd change to me and would result in a near guaranteed goal if attempted.
@@chrismdb5686 you'd have to wait until the next whistle after the 2 minutes are up. The skater "serving" the penalty would exit the box when 2 minutes up are though.
@@EvanEscher So essentially they get a 2+whatever power play depending on how long you go with no whistle. Sounds like a really bad idea to me unless you want to let goalies stick a shiv in their equipment.
@@chrismdb5686 I don't think you get what I'm saying. It would still be a 2 minute PP (5-on-4), 2 men go to the box (goalie & skater serving penalty). When PP is over, skater exits the box, returning to full strength, and goalie leaves box at first whistle after PP is over.
Great video as always Shannon - I would say one that was big and added in 2020 was the penalty assessed to a failed challenge in 2020. That really means you have to be careful in challenges and it has helped flow of play a lot. Prior to that it felt like a lot of coaches threw hail Mary’s more on plays that were clearly called correctly. I actually like the change - it allows for better game flow / less delays
I definitely remember seeing a documentary about the history of hockey where they said that the guys who laid down the rules for the first known actual hockey game with rules, loosely based the rules on rugby.
Same I still prefer Home team wearing white and Road team wearing dark jerseys. This year when Buffalo and Pittsburgh played in Buffalo they both wore their Reverse Retro jerseys so it made me nostalgic watching it. Though I think they should change it again so that both teams could wear whatever they wanted for games. Picture quality is really good now and nobody is watching on a black and white TV so it shouldn't matter. The only time they would have to enforce players to wear different colors is if they have the same color scheme. Toronto/Tampa or Pittsburgh/Boston.
It really didn't matter to me, but I can understand the change. Not only from a marketing point of view but as a team and fan point of view. If you are playing in your home arena shouldn't you be wearing your teams primary colors? And the reason dark jerseys sell better is because they are the primary color scheme of the team. So it did look and feel a little odd going to a game say in Boston against Pittsburgh and 90 percent of the crowd were wearing dark jerseys that are pretty close to the visitors' color. That's how I see the change anyways. You have to admit it's kinda fun to see who, or how many are fans of a visiting team.
Hold on. They only introduced the idea of white home uniforms in the 70s and I, for one, hated the idea. I wanted MY team to have the coolest uniform on the ice.
For context with the helmet rule - Bill Masterton died due to his head hitting the ice in 1968. It would be 11-12 years after that until the league finally made helmets mandatory.
My recollection of reading about the one goaltender days was that there wasn't an emergency goalie like these days. Rather, the team would have to dress a skater to put in net.
When I got my coaching certifications… at the seminar Dave Karpa (former NHL defenseman in the 90s-00s) was a guest speaker, and he called the post 2005 lockout modern NHL a “glorified adult league.”
I’m surprised you missed this one. I can’t remember the exact year but the 80s islanders Al Arbor was the head coach and he would pull his goal tender because they used to get a few minutes to warm up the the replacement goaltender. He would abuse the rule so he could just get a free time out . It would work something like this. Pull the goalie warm them up for a couple minutes while he give the guys a rest and talk over stuff and then the next whistle you would swap them back for the starting goaltender.
I don't like the fact that some games are worth 2 points and some 3 points. If you lose in 60 minutes you get zero points, but if you lose between 60 and 65 minutes you then deserve a point? That's ridiculous. I preferred every game being worth 2 points no matter the results. And if it was tied after 65 minutes, each team had 1 point and that was that. I also wish they kept the shooutouts for international tournaments and all star skills competitions only.
One of the better changes was limiting the amount of commercial breaks and speeding up the face off drop. Hockey games used to be 3 hours +, now they are 2.5 hours and it’s a much better product. Unfortunately, play review has slowed that down a bit. But it’s much better than football and basketball which likes to drag out the last couple of minutes of the game into 15-20 minutes full of timeouts and commercial breaks. Baseball is on another level or long, where a team can switch pitchers as much as they want causing 5 minute breaks with each change.
The no forward pass rule is a legacy of field hockey, which also eventually eliminated that rule (the evolution of field hockey rules is similarely fascinating).
Love your channel Shannon. May I point out that you missed a big one, (although it is off-ice), and that is the introduction of the draft lottery. Cheers!
You missed one. Remember when Sean Avery screened Marty Brodeur? Imagine the sport if they didn't change the rules (very next day) to prevent that from ever happening again 😂
The rover was basically the Libero in Football. For example Franz Beckenbauer was one of the best Liberos ever. Over time it died out,but sometimes you still see Liberos in football.
The Two-Line pass change was one of the biggest things to open up the game. I really want to see the elimination of the shootout, icing negated when the puck crosses through the blue paint of the crease and a new penalty for carrying the puck on the "Michigan" play.
One of the rules that really changed the way the modern game is played was the introduction of a penalty for hitting from behind . The whole cycling in the offensive zone did not exist before this rule change because if you turned your back on an opponent when you had the puck you would instantly become a stain on the boards.
The L.A Kings caused a rule change after the Miracle on Manchester game against the Oilers. After that game the league eliminated the goalie warm up. Kings pulled Lessard and out in Keens. Used the warm as a time out. Next whistle they put Lessard back in. Rule was changed shortly after so goalies coming into a game do not get a warm up.
Not a rule change, but an equipment change that had a huge effect on the game, and happened because of a play in a game I watched. Islanders vs. Hartford, an Islander player & Mark Howe collided. The Islander ran into the crossbar. Howe fell down and slid into the net. This caused the back of the net to lift off the ice. If you remember or have seen pictures of the old nets, they were two half circles. At the bottom of the net, where the half circles met, it came to a point. Howe slid into this and it came down on his back. A matter of inches one way or the other, he would have been paralyzed. My description of the play might not be 100% accurate because it was 40-something years ago. As a result of this play, the design of the net was changed and, eventually no longer bolted to the ice at the posts. This caused a huge change in the way the game was played. Believe me, before this change there was no problem with players crashing the net. Players avoided the net because running into it could end careers.
I'd love to see OT reverted back to 4-on-4, and then 2nd OT being 3-on-3. And then if it's STILL not decided, go for shootout cause we gotta go home at some point, but I feel like that would bring down the number of shootouts significantly, as well as make them more intense again. The fun of a shootout is when it's rare, so there's a lot of intensity. Right now, just feels like it's all too common.
I liked 4-on-4 better than 3-on-3, which just looks lame tbh. I would extend it to 8 minutes, and get rid of the shootout. If no one scores in OT, call it a tie.
TV probably made it 3 on 3 as they wanted a quicker result. I personally hate the shootout rule but it's better than the old system where teams were say 31-31-11-4 in the standings.
Totally agree with the dark jersey at home making everything look the same at home games Shannon. I have complained about it ever since it changed. Besides, don't the good guys wear white? LOL
I think it's weird to have the home teams in white...what every team is the same color at home? I like it now with seeing seas of red, blue, yellow, orange, etc in the seats.
I remember when i think it was Andie Moog had that super huge glove ....and the outrage, now everybody has a huge glove, with a cheater pad covering the hole at the wrist Would be fun to see Shannon do a similar video like this BUT on goalie equipment development, also one on stick technology too
Going back to the no passing forward rule. Were there always blue lines in hockey? I could see no passing forward if there were no offsides in hockey. Just wondering.
Just looking at that list, you didn't mention the elimination of the 2 line pass rule. A rule I would like to see implemented is the power play where if you score shorthanded, the penalty is also ended.
Just wanna say shannon that I appreciate these videos and everything you do. These in depth topic videos are amazing and your input is great to hear. you're a big inspiration to me and I hope you continue to give us content for as long as you can(or want to but I'm sure you want to do it for a long time)
If they were going to make a divide between 2 and 3 minute penalties, I would say technical rules, like too many men or delay of game would be the 2 minute ones and the infractions like hooking or slashing would be 3.
I vote for going back to the home team wearing white jerseys again. The Wild wore there white Reverse Retro's in 2019 at home, it looked way more natural.
Rules I would like to see: If the game is tied after the third period, both teams lose. Get rid of points in the standings. Team with most wins get first place. Get rid of the trapezoid. If two players get 5 minutes for fighting, there should be 5 minutes of 4 on 4. Goalies serve their own penalties. Bench minors are to be served by team captain or most senior player if captain is not available. No line changes after an offsides (similar to icing). If a team scores in the first 30 seconds of a powerplay, they get an extra minute of powerplay time. The first overall draft pick is given to the team with the most wins that didn't make the playoffs. If a team has a draft pick in the top 3, they are ineligible from having a top 5 draft pick for 3 years.
3 points for a regulation win, 2 for OT and a point for the loser, 1 each for shootout. Can't keep giving teams points for "winning" a shootout when they didn't win the game.
Still wild to me road teams wore darks, because that's literally the teams colours, it made no sense every team cheers for the white team at home, it makes more sense to make the them in us vs them white when every team wears white but some road teams would've been yellow or blue or red.
Great video. I'd like to see the NHL make two further rule changes to really fine-tune things. The first is to eliminate offsides entirely for zone entries. Get rid of all the debate about it and just eliminate it. All it does is slow the game down. People say "oh players will cherry-pick". That's exactly what people said about eliminating the two line pass. In most cases if a player takes himself out of the play to stand by the opposing net, his coach is going to staple him to the bench for the rest of the game. Keep offsides after a zone entry though- if you're established in the O zone and the other team clears the puck you have to clear the zone before re entering. The other change is to eliminate the unwritten rule of game management. Instruct the refs to call games straight. Taking a penalty should be an actual penalty, not an expectation that in five more minutes you are going to get an equalizing call.
I agree with the offside thing. I don't think it should completely be eradicated, but my proposal would be: -if a player enters the offensive zone before the puck/puck carrier, he cannot receive possession of the puck until the puck carrier enters the offensive zone as well. -also, I would get rid of offsides on zone re-entries. As long as your team maintains possession of the puck, you can bring the puck out of and into the offensive zone as much as you'd like.
One thing I'll never understand is why people don't want to see their home colors on home ice, my basketball loving friends love the white jerseys at home and I just don't get it. Why wouldn't you want to see your teams colors at home???
I believe it originated in baseball, which was the first big professional team sport in North America. In baseball the home team wore white and the road team wore dark, which through most of baseball history was gray. So the sports following baseball copied its example, even though they didn't have the dingy gray that baseball had. Football, though, the home team, except for the Dallas Cowboys, always usually wore the dark jerseys at home.
The rule making helmets mandatory in the NHL was due to an on-ice player death. His name was Bill Masterton and his death led to a trophy named in his honour.
Getting rid of the two line pass rule was the best change. That rule was so stupid. Also as a Dallas Stars fan standing in the crease rule was also dumb
One not mentioned yet is the allowance of hand passes in the defensive zone...as though there wasn't already enough contributing to the drop in scoring in the 1990s. Reward skill and not the lack thereof. Allowing three goals on a PK? Don't take the penalty in the first place, and get better at killing penalties. It's that simple. Hand pass in defensive zone? Treat it like icing. Goalie good at handling the puck? Let him do it wherever in his own half. Bad? Let him do it wherever and let the comedy ensue.
Would be nice if the NHL recognized CTE and simply made ALL head contact illegal, whether it's the principal point of contact or not. As it is there are sections of rules that allow head contact if certain parameters are met. It's a disgrace. The NHL is simply behind the curve. I think Bettman just doesn't want the league to get sued. Hell, even the NFL acknowledges CTE, and has begun taking serious steps. Hopefully no NHL player needs to die on the ice for this ridiculousness to be done away with.
Huge impact was how rookies were acquired and change was targeted at the Habs.Bruins did a pretty good job getting Orr as well. Another one that I did not agree with was targeting goalies coming out to handle the puck targeting Brodeur but Turco was even better at it. The crease rule "toe in the crease" was just STUPID. Instant replay was always a thing I wanted refs like all sport officials are just not competent enough Baseball needs to get rid of umpires they are awful.
I think the Avery Rule was truly the biggest change. The most brilliant strategy, a game breaking glitch. Removed from the game as soon as it was discovered 😂
Huge slew of changes in 2005-06, including 4v4 OT, puck over glass, elimination of two-line pass, etc. I'd say that changed the game a lot more than who wears white when.
Gosh, and I even forgot to mention the salary cap!
That season also introduced the shootout to the league.
@@bdonaghu the shootout has run its course
Puck over glass shouldn't be an automatic penalty, only if obviously intentional should it be penalized. Just make it a faceoff in the opposing team's zone.
You really want officials to determine whether or not a puck was put over the glass intentionally? Do you watch NHL hockey? Have you seen these officials? No way, not gonna happen. Just like high sticking, doesn’t matter if you didn’t mean to or not. That’s the rule and players need to not put the puck over the glass.
As a UK hockey fan who’s been here since 2015, this has to be one of the coolest and most fascinating videos you’ve made!! So so much appreciation for the amazing work that you do Shannon, you’re a true gem :)
He’s such a great guy - so glad his channel is growing - 100% deserved. Always learn something watching Shannon
Interesting fact on the red line: if you notice the red line is not solid. This is because on a black and white TV a blue and redline look exactly the same. So they broke up the redline to distinguish it from the blue line on a black and white TV. We still do it to this day.
Can't the lines be distinguished by the fact alone that the red line is in the middle of the field?
@@pauljmorton they didn’t have all the cameras we do now. It was usually just 1. If the play was in the middle of the ice, then you may only see 2 lines. So it helps to know which one is red. Also remember TVs black then were really small so being able to easily distinguish the lines helped identify where on the ice the play was.
And that's why it's called Blue Harvest
@@pauljmorton mmm i think you mean ice...
Guys like Wade Belak and Derek Boogard died because of head damage/concussion. I remember that rule change and it's very much needed.
Unfortunately the head contact rules haven't gone far enough to protect players IMO. Protocols are nice, but until the league acknowledges CTE and makes all head contact illegal, players will continue to suffer head injuries and long term effects.
@Paul L1519 only reason they avoid acknowledge CTE injuries, is because of lawsuits
On the topic of helmets, I very much dislike the new rules about having to get off the ice as soon as you lose your helmet, assuming you can't get it back on right away. I feel like I've seen more players moving through dangerous situations without helmets since this rule change than we ever did before.
I'm honestly surprised this rule wasn't mentioned: Before the 1949-50 NHL season, the NHL passed a rule stating that no goaltender can be captain of team. This is sometimes called "The Bill Durnan Rule", named after the Montreal Canadiens goaltender, who was Captain of the team and would have disputes with the referees, which the other 5 teams stated that it gave the Canadiens unwanted breaks of the game.
The dumbest rule ever.
In the interest of full disclosure I noticed Black Hawks prospect goalie Drew Commesso wore the 'A' this year at Boston University. I know it's not the NHL but still something.
roberto luongo was canucks captain
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I remember that, it was awhile ago. It just struck me as odd since I assumed no goalies at any level could wear the 'A' or 'C' .
Elbowing penalties were called a lot more frequently before face shields/helmets when there was contact to the head from the glove on up. Some of those are now called as roughing, but you really don't see many elbowing calls anymore.
Helmets did lead to more high sticks, but it might be due as much to the weight of the sticks. There is still no reason, in my opinion, for a stick to be above your shoulder, but you always see guys waving at pucks or going into the boards with their sticks above their heads.
Been watching hockey for well over a decade, had never even heard of a Rover. One of my favorite videos so far!
Thanks for a wonderful presentation! Beginning with the 1970-1971 season, the NHL ruled that the home team would wear white, and the away team would wear colors, ending a very old custom in the league. Then, beginning with the 2003-2004 season, the NHL reversed itself, and went back to having the away team wearing white again. It is surprising that the shoot-out is not on the list.
I say we reinstate allowing 2 goalies... put one behind the net so the other NEVER LEAVES THE NET
One of the greatest videos you've made Shannon. Your ability to provide rich content and present it with humour is priceless! Thank you for all you hard work.
P.S. I would prefer NHL going back to one referee, having two didn't really help did it?
I personally think they NHL should give the linesmen the authority to call any penalties or rule infractions they see; I think there would be less issues with the officiating if instead of there being 1 referee and two linesmen(the old system) and the current more crowded 2 referees and 2 linesmen, they NHL simply had 3 officials on the ice, 3 officials who all had the same authority to call a penalty. As how many times have we seen a Linesmen see a penalty; but they are powerless to actually call the penalty they saw, then have to go slow or stop the game to consult and talk to the referee; the games would be faster as there would be no need for a linesmen to go " number 12 on the Leafs was holding number 3 on the Jets behind you back" If the linesmen himself could actually make the call and give out penalties too. To me I think it would be better if the NHL scrapped the whole Referee and Linesmen titles and simply called all three Officials and gave all three the same power and authority on ice
Classic Stalin, never was a team player
@@humblelad ?
@@josephstalin4906 i'll try to rephrase it: Classic Stalin, always wanting less people (referring to all the deaths because yk)
@@Mega-rw8mt It's 2023 mate, try to do a research before posting nonsense about deaths related to Stalin, it's nothing but lies.
Great video Shannon but what about the introduction of the trapezoid and going to hybrid icing? Love the icing rule as I feel it has helped cut down on a lot of injuries but I still don't care for the trapezoid, I like watching the goalies be more involved in the game.
They need to go to three point games.
The fact some games award 3 points, some 2 is stupid.
3 points for a regulation win, 2 for an OT win, and 1 for an OT loss
I’d love to see some pre-season games trying things out like bringing the Rover back, just to see what it’s like
I was told that after the second referee was introduced, Pat Quinn quoted "Great. Now they can be twice as bad".
Somewhere during the late 1950s or early 1960s, they switched back to white for road teams and dark for home teams, because in 1967, Montreal wore red in the Montreal Forum and Toronto wore blue in Maple Leaf Gardens during the Cup Finals (they both wore white as the away team). Also, during the 1972 Summit Series, Canada wore red in the 4 games in Canada while the Soviets wore white, then they switched colours when the series shifted to Moscow for the other 4 games. The NHL went back to white for home and dark for away around 1975, which became the norm until 2003-04.
In 2005-06, I believe both the shootout and the trapezoid behind the nets were introduced. I'm guessing someone had enough with ties and wanted all games decided with a win and a loss (may as well get rid of the points system if that is the case). As for the trapezoid, the league wanted more offensive zone time because Team A dumps the puck in, the goalie of Team B flicks it back out, no zone pressure from Team A.
On top of helmets being mandatory, visors were made mandatory in the early to mid 2010s (everyone remembers the Leo Komarov penalty because he had his visor positioned wrong). And now helmets during warm-ups were recently made mandatory. Pretty soon, we'll be seeing full face shields become the norm (though helmets during warm-up being mandatory has been discussed since Taylor Hall tripped over a puck and his face was stepped on by a teammate's skate during a warm-up about a decade ago, so it was only a matter of time before the mandate would occur).
It's interesting that watching the Bruins two Stanley Cup wins in the early 70's you can see when the rule changed on uniforms. They won the Stanley Cup at home in 1970 and were wearing the dark uniforms. They won it in 1972 on the road (MSG) and were again wearing the dark uniforms. So that's when the rule changed.
Since uniform colors were mentioned multiple times - the NHL teams switched from wearing dark jerseys at home to wearing whites at home for the start of the 1970-71 season (or so I've read in multiple sources). So if home teams were wearing whites in 1951-52 that got changed somewhere well before 1970, got changed again for '70-'71 and again for 2003-04.
I seem to remember a year during the mid nineties where they had home teams wear their dark uniforms at home for part of the season. Maybe my memory is shot.
New fan to hockey. Truly appreciate the rules and history videos.
Welcome
One rule most people might not be aware of is that goalies used to serve their own penalties, leaving someone else on the team to protect the net. In 1949-50, a rule was made so that a teammate would serve the goalie's penalty instead.
I would like to see that rule brought back. If the goalie commits the penalty, he should have to serve it. Put in the backup during the penalty kill. Additionally, you'd have to put someone else in the box for when the penalty expires, since you can't have 2 goalies on the ice.
@@EvanEscher What would be the logistics of getting your goalie back out of the box without a whistle? Be forced to pull your goalie and skate the other out from the box? Seems like a pretty absurd change to me and would result in a near guaranteed goal if attempted.
@@chrismdb5686 you'd have to wait until the next whistle after the 2 minutes are up. The skater "serving" the penalty would exit the box when 2 minutes up are though.
@@EvanEscher So essentially they get a 2+whatever power play depending on how long you go with no whistle. Sounds like a really bad idea to me unless you want to let goalies stick a shiv in their equipment.
@@chrismdb5686 I don't think you get what I'm saying. It would still be a 2 minute PP (5-on-4), 2 men go to the box (goalie & skater serving penalty). When PP is over, skater exits the box, returning to full strength, and goalie leaves box at first whistle after PP is over.
I think an interesting new rule for overtime would be 5 mins 4v4, then go down to 5 mins 3v3.
Great video as always Shannon - I would say one that was big and added in 2020 was the penalty assessed to a failed challenge in 2020. That really means you have to be careful in challenges and it has helped flow of play a lot. Prior to that it felt like a lot of coaches threw hail Mary’s more on plays that were clearly called correctly. I actually like the change - it allows for better game flow / less delays
I definitely remember seeing a documentary about the history of hockey where they said that the guys who laid down the rules for the first known actual hockey game with rules, loosely based the rules on rugby.
Leave the time as-is for penalties, but remove the '56 rule where after a goal, the minor penalty was over.
The Rule of Teams Changing The Jerseys From White To Dark As Home Jerseys Was Kinda Odd To Me Caused I Liked The White As The Home Jersey!
Same I still prefer Home team wearing white and Road team wearing dark jerseys.
This year when Buffalo and Pittsburgh played in Buffalo they both wore their Reverse Retro jerseys so it made me nostalgic watching it.
Though I think they should change it again so that both teams could wear whatever they wanted for games. Picture quality is really good now and nobody is watching on a black and white TV so it shouldn't matter.
The only time they would have to enforce players to wear different colors is if they have the same color scheme. Toronto/Tampa or Pittsburgh/Boston.
💯. I’m still not over it. It still looks weird. It’s NFL BS.
It really didn't matter to me, but I can understand the change. Not only from a marketing point of view but as a team and fan point of view. If you are playing in your home arena shouldn't you be wearing your teams primary colors? And the reason dark jerseys sell better is because they are the primary color scheme of the team. So it did look and feel a little odd going to a game say in Boston against Pittsburgh and 90 percent of the crowd were wearing dark jerseys that are pretty close to the visitors' color. That's how I see the change anyways. You have to admit it's kinda fun to see who, or how many are fans of a visiting team.
Hold on. They only introduced the idea of white home uniforms in the 70s and I, for one, hated the idea. I wanted MY team to have the coolest uniform on the ice.
@@psnaris didn't you watch the video? White for the home team was a rule put in in the 50s.
For context with the helmet rule - Bill Masterton died due to his head hitting the ice in 1968. It would be 11-12 years after that until the league finally made helmets mandatory.
“Tell him hes Wayne Gretzky” lol
My recollection of reading about the one goaltender days was that there wasn't an emergency goalie like these days. Rather, the team would have to dress a skater to put in net.
When I got my coaching certifications… at the seminar Dave Karpa (former NHL defenseman in the 90s-00s) was a guest speaker, and he called the post 2005 lockout modern NHL a “glorified adult league.”
Eliminate the shootout and make each penalty in OT a penalty shot; would probably make the overtimes more exciting than "keep away till the shootout".
WOW, this makes me feel old. I've been watching hockey since before helmets were mandatory - but I thought that happened in the '90s 😬
I’m surprised you missed this one.
I can’t remember the exact year but the 80s islanders Al Arbor was the head coach and he would pull his goal tender because they used to get a few minutes to warm up the the replacement goaltender.
He would abuse the rule so he could just get a free time out .
It would work something like this. Pull the goalie warm them up for a couple minutes while he give the guys a rest and talk over stuff and then the next whistle you would swap them back for the starting goaltender.
I don't like the fact that some games are worth 2 points and some 3 points. If you lose in 60 minutes you get zero points, but if you lose between 60 and 65 minutes you then deserve a point? That's ridiculous.
I preferred every game being worth 2 points no matter the results. And if it was tied after 65 minutes, each team had 1 point and that was that.
I also wish they kept the shooutouts for international tournaments and all star skills competitions only.
I would love to see more diversity in penalty length! A slash is worse than holding, a minor charging is worse than hooking, etc!
I believe the 2-line pass elimination really changed the game also
One of the better changes was limiting the amount of commercial breaks and speeding up the face off drop. Hockey games used to be 3 hours +, now they are 2.5 hours and it’s a much better product. Unfortunately, play review has slowed that down a bit. But it’s much better than football and basketball which likes to drag out the last couple of minutes of the game into 15-20 minutes full of timeouts and commercial breaks. Baseball is on another level or long, where a team can switch pitchers as much as they want causing 5 minute breaks with each change.
The 1 goalie rule was brought in when they had a premonition of Roger Nielsen
Now I know the proper term for Tyler Myers- he's a Rover! Thanks for the great explanations of rule changes!
The no forward pass rule is a legacy of field hockey, which also eventually eliminated that rule (the evolution of field hockey rules is similarely fascinating).
Hockey guy tonight I learned they do NOT end PPs on a goal for majors. Boy, that is rough!
Love your channel Shannon. May I point out that you missed a big one, (although it is off-ice), and that is the introduction of the draft lottery. Cheers!
I vaguely remember the 2 line pass rule but wasnt a real fan until 2002 hurricanes cup run. 1st ever game was game 2 NJ that run. 2-1 OT
You missed one. Remember when Sean Avery screened Marty Brodeur? Imagine the sport if they didn't change the rules (very next day) to prevent that from ever happening again 😂
One big rule you forgot was the foot in crease rules and the controversy over those
The rover was basically the Libero in Football.
For example Franz Beckenbauer was one of the best Liberos ever.
Over time it died out,but sometimes you still see Liberos in football.
The Two-Line pass change was one of the biggest things to open up the game. I really want to see the elimination of the shootout, icing negated when the puck crosses through the blue paint of the crease and a new penalty for carrying the puck on the "Michigan" play.
One of the rules that really changed the way the modern game is played was the introduction of a penalty for hitting from behind . The whole cycling in the offensive zone did not exist before this rule change because if you turned your back on an opponent when you had the puck you would instantly become a stain on the boards.
I kinda miss the 2 line pass but I've always had a greater appreciation of the defensive side of the game over offensive
Two line pass really opened-up the ice.
2:15 I was a football/soccer fan before I was introduced to hockey so I assume the rover position is similar to the midfielder position in football.
That's not a bad analogy.
The L.A Kings caused a rule change after the Miracle on Manchester game against the Oilers. After that game the league eliminated the goalie warm up. Kings pulled Lessard and out in Keens. Used the warm as a time out. Next whistle they put Lessard back in. Rule was changed shortly after so goalies coming into a game do not get a warm up.
3 on 3 OT and the change of wearing jerseys are the best 2 rules there are.
3 on 3 Ot is stupid and I can’t stand it, if a regular season game goes to OT I shut it off
Not a rule change, but an equipment change that had a huge effect on the game, and happened because of a play in a game I watched. Islanders vs. Hartford, an Islander player & Mark Howe collided. The Islander ran into the crossbar. Howe fell down and slid into the net. This caused the back of the net to lift off the ice. If you remember or have seen pictures of the old nets, they were two half circles. At the bottom of the net, where the half circles met, it came to a point. Howe slid into this and it came down on his back. A matter of inches one way or the other, he would have been paralyzed. My description of the play might not be 100% accurate because it was 40-something years ago. As a result of this play, the design of the net was changed and, eventually no longer bolted to the ice at the posts. This caused a huge change in the way the game was played. Believe me, before this change there was no problem with players crashing the net. Players avoided the net because running into it could end careers.
I'd love to see OT reverted back to 4-on-4, and then 2nd OT being 3-on-3. And then if it's STILL not decided, go for shootout cause we gotta go home at some point, but I feel like that would bring down the number of shootouts significantly, as well as make them more intense again. The fun of a shootout is when it's rare, so there's a lot of intensity. Right now, just feels like it's all too common.
I liked 4-on-4 better than 3-on-3, which just looks lame tbh. I would extend it to 8 minutes, and get rid of the shootout. If no one scores in OT, call it a tie.
TV probably made it 3 on 3 as they wanted a quicker result. I personally hate the shootout rule but it's better than the old system where teams were say 31-31-11-4 in the standings.
Totally agree with the dark jersey at home making everything look the same at home games Shannon. I have complained about it ever since it changed. Besides, don't the good guys wear white? LOL
I think it's weird to have the home teams in white...what every team is the same color at home? I like it now with seeing seas of red, blue, yellow, orange, etc in the seats.
What about the instigator rule in around 1992?
You should do one on how the 1st pro game was played in the US. Professional hockey is a US sport.
I love the home team wares dark and away is white makes more sense, when you’re home ware your colors.
I remember when i think it was Andie Moog had that super huge glove ....and the outrage, now everybody has a huge glove, with a cheater pad covering the hole at the wrist
Would be fun to see Shannon do a similar video like this
BUT on goalie equipment development, also one on stick technology too
I feel another big one is the no touch icing
for jerseys, I think the home team should be able to choose whatever jersey they want and then the away team has to use a jersey that is opposite
Going back to the no passing forward rule. Were there always blue lines in hockey? I could see no passing forward if there were no offsides in hockey. Just wondering.
Just looking at that list, you didn't mention the elimination of the 2 line pass rule. A rule I would like to see implemented is the power play where if you score shorthanded, the penalty is also ended.
We are overdue for another rule change
Give the goalies switchblades they can pull in the event they get trucked by a forward. We won't see goons try it ever again
Just wanna say shannon that I appreciate these videos and everything you do. These in depth topic videos are amazing and your input is great to hear. you're a big inspiration to me and I hope you continue to give us content for as long as you can(or want to but I'm sure you want to do it for a long time)
If they were going to make a divide between 2 and 3 minute penalties, I would say technical rules, like too many men or delay of game would be the 2 minute ones and the infractions like hooking or slashing would be 3.
Also another huge rule was limiting the amount of curve on a blade, esp when guys started using the banana blade😅
The recent icing change too
I vote for going back to the home team wearing white jerseys again. The Wild wore there white Reverse Retro's in 2019 at home, it looked way more natural.
Rules I would like to see:
If the game is tied after the third period, both teams lose.
Get rid of points in the standings. Team with most wins get first place.
Get rid of the trapezoid.
If two players get 5 minutes for fighting, there should be 5 minutes of 4 on 4.
Goalies serve their own penalties.
Bench minors are to be served by team captain or most senior player if captain is not available.
No line changes after an offsides (similar to icing).
If a team scores in the first 30 seconds of a powerplay, they get an extra minute of powerplay time.
The first overall draft pick is given to the team with the most wins that didn't make the playoffs.
If a team has a draft pick in the top 3, they are ineligible from having a top 5 draft pick for 3 years.
Do you thin the NHL will go to a full shield/cage mask for skaters, and if so what do you think the effect on shot blocking would be?
Unlikely, and a minimal effect at most.
3 points for a regulation win, 2 for OT and a point for the loser, 1 each for shootout. Can't keep giving teams points for "winning" a shootout when they didn't win the game.
Yes!
Make all games worth 3 points
I remember the concept of 'freezing' the puck along the boards. Then, there would be a faceoff. So glad that got eliminated.
@6:50 in double over time without flooding the ice. The ice wuoldn't be there. Just slush everywhere
Great video, thank you! Subscribed
Still wild to me road teams wore darks, because that's literally the teams colours, it made no sense every team cheers for the white team at home, it makes more sense to make the them in us vs them white when every team wears white but some road teams would've been yellow or blue or red.
Wow, I never realized the 'rover' was an actual 6th skater on the ice.
The NHL has changed the rules over one player, Licking.
Excellent video as always!!
I feel if Roger Nielsen was around prior to the 1931-32 he would have tried two goalies on the ice at the same time.
Great video.
I'd like to see the NHL make two further rule changes to really fine-tune things.
The first is to eliminate offsides entirely for zone entries. Get rid of all the debate about it and just eliminate it. All it does is slow the game down. People say "oh players will cherry-pick". That's exactly what people said about eliminating the two line pass. In most cases if a player takes himself out of the play to stand by the opposing net, his coach is going to staple him to the bench for the rest of the game. Keep offsides after a zone entry though- if you're established in the O zone and the other team clears the puck you have to clear the zone before re entering.
The other change is to eliminate the unwritten rule of game management. Instruct the refs to call games straight. Taking a penalty should be an actual penalty, not an expectation that in five more minutes you are going to get an equalizing call.
I agree with the offside thing. I don't think it should completely be eradicated, but my proposal would be:
-if a player enters the offensive zone before the puck/puck carrier, he cannot receive possession of the puck until the puck carrier enters the offensive zone as well.
-also, I would get rid of offsides on zone re-entries. As long as your team maintains possession of the puck, you can bring the puck out of and into the offensive zone as much as you'd like.
Love videos like this!!
This is very interesting - ty Shanon.
such an interesting video! please more history!
With players being much bigger, stronger and faster I would like to see the leagues mandate a larger ice surface of 210 ft by 90 ft wide.
I think that the hybrid icing, delayed calls, and the Brodeur trapezoid are rule changes that have massively affected how the game is played
Id like it if regular season OT start with 4 on 4 for 5 minutes and then 3 on 3 if necessary thereafter
Shannon! Where's the Zebra Jersey?
This is the stuff the glossed over in Hockey: A People's History.
No forward passes in the offensive zone would force an increase in the # of shots
One thing I'll never understand is why people don't want to see their home colors on home ice, my basketball loving friends love the white jerseys at home and I just don't get it. Why wouldn't you want to see your teams colors at home???
I believe it originated in baseball, which was the first big professional team sport in North America. In baseball the home team wore white and the road team wore dark, which through most of baseball history was gray. So the sports following baseball copied its example, even though they didn't have the dingy gray that baseball had. Football, though, the home team, except for the Dallas Cowboys, always usually wore the dark jerseys at home.
The rule making helmets mandatory in the NHL was due to an on-ice player death. His name was Bill Masterton and his death led to a trophy named in his honour.
Only it took more than 10 years after Masterton’s death for helmets to become mandatory.😢
Getting rid of the two line pass rule was the best change. That rule was so stupid. Also as a Dallas Stars fan standing in the crease rule was also dumb
One not mentioned yet is the allowance of hand passes in the defensive zone...as though there wasn't already enough contributing to the drop in scoring in the 1990s.
Reward skill and not the lack thereof. Allowing three goals on a PK? Don't take the penalty in the first place, and get better at killing penalties. It's that simple. Hand pass in defensive zone? Treat it like icing. Goalie good at handling the puck? Let him do it wherever in his own half. Bad? Let him do it wherever and let the comedy ensue.
Would be nice if the NHL recognized CTE and simply made ALL head contact illegal, whether it's the principal point of contact or not. As it is there are sections of rules that allow head contact if certain parameters are met. It's a disgrace. The NHL is simply behind the curve. I think Bettman just doesn't want the league to get sued. Hell, even the NFL acknowledges CTE, and has begun taking serious steps. Hopefully no NHL player needs to die on the ice for this ridiculousness to be done away with.
The elimination of the 2 line pass penalty was a great change.
How many powerplays goals would the Canucks have let end if powerplays did not end on a goal?
And two recent changes have ruined Ice-Hockey.
The introduction of Brodeur lines and the stupid commercial breaks during periods.
Huge impact was how rookies were acquired and change was targeted at the Habs.Bruins did a pretty good job getting Orr as well.
Another one that I did not agree with was targeting goalies coming out to handle the puck targeting Brodeur but Turco was even better at it.
The crease rule "toe in the crease" was just STUPID.
Instant replay was always a thing I wanted refs like all sport officials are just not competent enough Baseball needs to get rid of umpires they are awful.
The last one I could do without. Don't like gimmicks determining playoff spots.
...that whole puck over the glass for delay of game...was that before or after unlimited curve on your stick...?
I think the Avery Rule was truly the biggest change.
The most brilliant strategy, a game breaking glitch.
Removed from the game as soon as it was discovered 😂