Offsides and Hybrid Icing Explained

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In this video we go over two very important, and very common hockey infractions: offsides and icing.
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[@Rainbowhockey]

Came here from the IIHF video about Hybrid Icing which is being used for the first time this year in UK ice hockey. Their video is good but doesn't beat this one! Simple explanation of the rule and cool graphics. Subscribed! Cant wait for the game to be released on Android.

[@GlennDiligent]

very informative, and the graphics are slick! i appreciate your love for the sport, and the ease in which you explain some rather tricky concepts. i have subbed. thanks again!

[@liamwelsh5565]

Off sides only occur whenever a player touches the puck while another player is over the blue line before the puck. So linesmen can give a warning when an offside is about to occur. For example, there is a player over the blue line without the puck. Another player is skating towards the blue line. The player with the puck see's the other player open for a pass. The linesman will most likely then predict whether or not a pass is about to happen. If he thinks the pass will happen, he will raise his hand and shout "Off Side". The player over the blue line will then notice he is offside and skate back to the blue line and then the other player will go over the blue line with the puck as normal. I am not sure if this is in the NHL, however I do now it is used in minor leagues to help players learn offside.

[@GREENneonDRIVER]

Not quite correct, but close. The arm up is to signal "delayed" off-side, which only happens when the puck enters the end zone after an attacking player or leaves the zone and re-enters before all attacking players clear the zone, but is not touched by any attacking players. Refs or linesmen do not predict offsides, and only voice offsides to verbally communicate a delayed offsides to players who may not have known a delayed offsides has occured. At youth levels of play a ref or linesman may let younger players know they will be offside to help them with the learning of offsides, but as the players get older this will not happen.

[@hohtz]

Very good explanation.

[@IrisMG]

Very clear! Thanks so much!

[@peperle]

Icing was always a more obscure rule for me, so thx for clearing that up!

[@scar2k158]

thanks alot man! now i know what is hybrid icing is :)

[@cruse85]

Is this game available on google play store?

[@jukka-pekkatuominen4540]

Also note. If the linesman thinks both side's players has an equally good chance to get to the puck first, then the icing is also called. Otherwise it'd be again a dangerous chase to the end of the rink.

[@fmmaj9noname332]

A few points not covered in this video:
1) If a team is short-handed because they are killing a penalty, there is NO ICING, so they can shoot the puck down the ice all they want without it stopping play.
2) ANYONE who shoots the puck from behind the center line to the opposing team's goalie red line has iced the puck, including goalies. (Someone below wrongly said goalies can't ice)
3) If a defenseman can get to the puck but chooses not to in order to cause icing, the linesman will usually waive icing and play continues.
4) Regarding OFFSIDES: This video should have demonstrated the importance of "clearing the puck": when the defensive team gets the puck out beyond the blue line and into neutral ice, this forces the ENTIRE OFFENSIVE TEAM to return to neutral ice before going on offense again. This is HUGE, and not explained at all in the video.
5) To prevent offsides, only ONE of an offensive player's skates player must be behind the blue line, and the rest of the player may be in the offensive zone.
6) Another huge issue not addressed: under NHL rules adopted in 2006, the team guilty of icing is NOT ALLOWED to switch players, meaning a tired team that ices the puck to stop a long and tiring attack must stay out on the ice, while the other team can bring in fresh players.In extreme cases, coaches will often call a time out to let their tired players rest before facing off.
Not addressing any of these issues will surely cause confusion if a newbie watches a real hockey game and doesn't know about the exceptions.

[@fmmaj9noname332]

I forgot to mention: 7) A play is only offside if there is forward offensive progression. For instance, if the puck is cleared and a DEFENDING player sends it backward toward his own goal, an offensive player is not consider offside unless they touch the puck. The offensive player must go back to neutral ice ("tag up") before they can go back on offense.

[@yommish]

⁠@@fmmaj9noname332 under NHL rule 83.1 for 2023-24 “If a player legally carries, passes or plays the puck back into his own defending zone while a player of the opposing team is in such defending zone, the off-side shall be ignored and play permitted to continue.”
So the attacking player is not offsides whether or not they touch the puck and they don’t have to clear the zone. I realize this is a 6 year old comment and may have been correct in previous years or in other leagues. I only point this out because I just read the Wikipedia article on offsides for fun and remembered the rule. Great comment though otherwise.

[@fmmaj9noname332]

@@yommish Uh.....did you not read my addendum (Point #7) which essentially says what you just commented?

[@yommish]

@@fmmaj9noname332 you said “an offensive player is not considered offside unless they touch the puck.” My point was even if they touch the puck they’re still not offsides, if a defender sent it back into the zone.

[@fmmaj9noname332]

@@yommish So the answer is "No, I didn't see the addendum, written 6 years ago, listed as Point #7, when FmMaj9 said exactly what I said, but 6 years ago."

[@maminadas5856]

nice vid

[@proudpatriot6173]

When a player is racing to their attacking zone (enemy team's defending zone) to prevent icing from being called, does the person that hit the puck have to race or can it be anyone on the offending team? I know that anyone on defense can cause other team icing by beating them there besides the goalie.

[@fmmaj9noname332]

Any member of the offensive team may race to the puck.

[@ItalyChristian1]

bro i would like to use this video for an explanation in my channel, i'll try to explain some hockey rules but in portuguese. would like to translate it and put your original video in my description

[@amandacaldeira9462]

Faça isso

[@myothercarisadelorean8957]

For people still scratching their head about icing: 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.

[@proudpatriot6173]

So icing is only possible if the offenders hit puck on their side of red line? Also, what if the goalie commits icing?

[@liamwelsh5565]

Goalie's can not commit icing, same rules apply and yes if the offender touches the puck, it is icing. This is because it is the offenders icing for the advantage not the defenders.

[@proudpatriot6173]

Liam Welsh so they have to hit the puck on their side of red line and it's only capable of icing if it passes through red line and goal line without being touched?

[@fmmaj9noname332]

Liam's answer is incorrect. Any player (including a goalie) sending the puck from behind the center line to beyond the opposing goalie's red line has iced the puck. If the puck is sent directly to the opposing goalie who must then stop it, there is no icing. Also, if the puck is traveling slowly enough to be touched by a defenseman, but they decide not to touch it to cause icing on the other team, the linesman will usually waive off icing and play continues.

[@joebacanovic1176]

vrey good

[@KroMcLovinFaSho]

There's also the other kind of offsides, more commonly known as a two-line pass. Just like it sounds, you can't pass the puck down the ice so that it crosses both blue lines at once.

[@plasterdbastard]

Actually, a two line pass is either blue line and the red line, if the puck crosses the red line after the player.
It's also "offside" not "offsides".

[@KroMcLovinFaSho]

plasterdbastard The NHL changed the rule after the 2004 lockout so that the red line is ignored for purposes of two-line passes. So it'll only get called if it crosses both blue lines.

[@plasterdbastard]

Two things:
1.) The two line pass was completely removed after the 04-05 lockout.
2.) You've just described regular offside. If you cross the attacking zone's blue line before the puck, it doesn't matter which side of the defending zone's blue line the puck originated from - it's offside.

[@jank-]

Thanks Now Im Not A Noob!

[@scar2k158]

+ZelZar not me either :) i knew what is standart icing is but not hybrid icing :)

[@williamthefloridano]

Team sweden v. Team canada in this explanation

[@coyotestylepro1150]

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[@malgarsantos4845]

SAP CENTER IS HOCKEY

[@vlogsandfamily5236]

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[@Ondrus21]

Proč nejdou a nezkurví třeba rugby? To tady stejně nikdo nehraje. Proč zrovna hokej? Proč?

[@765lbsquat]

Hybrid icing ruined the game. I won’t spend another penny on ice hockey until they remove this rule

[@firstlast1522]

How so