Rules
Offside Pass
An offside pass occurs when a member of the attacking team passes the puck from behind his own defending blue line to a teammate across the red center line. However, if the puck precedes the player across the red center line, the pass is good.
An attacking player may pass the puck over the red center line and the attacking blue line to a teammate, as long as the puck precedes the teammate across the blue line.
The face-off after an offside pass takes place at the originating point of the pass.
Offside
A team is offside when a player crosses the attacking blue line before the puck. Face-off takes place just outside the blue line.
The determining factor in most offsides is the position of the skates: they must both be over the line ahead of the puck to be considered offside.
Icing
Icing is called when a player shoots the puck from his side of the red center line across the opponents� goal line. Play is stopped when an opponent (other than the goaltender) touches the puck. The face-off is held in the offending team�s end of the rink.
Four situations nullify icing: