Offsides & Icing
Offside
A team is offside when one of its players crosses the opposing team's blue line before the puck does. The linesman stops play after making an offside call and places a face-off outside the offending team's attacking zone.
Offside (two line pass)
A second type of offside- the two-line pass- occurs when a player passes the puck forward and it crosses both his own blue line and the center red line before a teammate touches it.
Icing
The icing rule exists to cut down on the number of times a team simply shoots the puck down the ice into the opponent's zone. Icing is called if a player shoots the puck from his teams' side of the center red line down the length of the ice and across the opposing team's goal line (but wide of the net) and an opposing player other than the goaltender is the first to touch it. In the event of an icing infraction, play is stopped and a face-off is held in the offending team's zone. A team cannot be called for icing while shorthanded.
