Icing (ice hockey)
Icing in ice hockey occurs when a player shoots the puck down the length of the ice (more precisely, from his half of the ice past the goal line of the other team). When this happens, the referee stops the game. This is followed by a face-off in the zone of the team that iced the puck.
The rules for icing differ in the National Hockey League (NHL) and European hockey. In Europe, icing occurs once the puck crosses the goal line. This is called an automatic or no-touch icing. In the NHL, a player (other than the goaltender) on the other team must touch the puck. If the puck is first touched by the goaltender or a player on the team that iced the puck, icing does not occur and the game continues. NHL rules sometimes result in high-speed races for the puck between the two teams which may cause injuries.
Icing is not called when the team that iced the puck is shorthanded.
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