Option 1

My rule would not necessarily be a new one, but it would be a change to the existing rule set. For starters, the game would be changed to have 4 periods. Next, the amount of players allowed on the ice would end up imbalanced. For the first period, the home team would be allowed 5 skaters, while the away team would be allowed 4 skaters. Then, in the next period, it would flip. This would continue through each period to simulate what it would be like for there to be a power play, even though it wouldn’t be a power play. There would be a penalty for too many men that would be separate from the previous one, so if you’re the team assigned four skaters and put 5 out, you would be called for a too many men. If you put 6 out there, you get called for two penalties. I think this change would be great.