For people still scratching their head: Basically in lay-men terms and assuming you're more familiar with basketball. Picture yourself playing a competitive game of basketball on a court with no out of bounds and with walls up like a hockey rink. Now imagine trying to play, but every time the opposing team gets the ball back in their end, they throw a hail-mary shot missing the net and now you or your teammate have to run all the way back down to get the ball again and again. That is what icing enforces in hockey. To prevent over burning the clock during game play. However, only on a penalty kill can you ice the puck.
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For people still scratching their head: Basically in lay-men terms and assuming you're more familiar with basketball. Picture yourself playing a competitive game of basketball on a court with no out of bounds and with walls up like a hockey rink. Now imagine trying to play, but every time the opposing team gets the ball back in their end, they throw a hail-mary shot missing the net and now you or your teammate have to run all the way back down to get the ball again and again. That is what icing enforces in hockey. To prevent over burning the clock during game play. However, only on a penalty kill can you ice the puck.
I always thought it was more analogous to a "delay of game" penalty.
@@jeddiajones4570 You're right as I forgot to mention that
Dude, I watch half a dozen of these videos and your is the only one that explained the rule and variations well.