Quote:Written Option 1: The SHL has recruited your player to shake things up a little with the rules of the game as the league believes there aren’t enough power plays per game. Your player has been tasked with creating a rule that will come with an associated penalty. What is the new rule that your player comes up with? What is the penalty called for a player that breaks that rule? Do rule breakers simply get sent to the penalty box, or is there another form of punishment they must complete before returning to the ice? How often does this new penalty get called per game?

The new penalty I would introduce is one for the referees. If you go to drop the puck for a defensive zone face-off (either end), and you wind up kicking someone out for a false start, you are given a warning over a headset and a timer begins to count down. Three seconds later, if the puck has not been dropped, you are sent to the penalty box until two more stoppages in play have occurred. You are also garnished wages due to reducing the entertainment value of the product. If the SHL is anything like the NHL, this rule change will end with most referees in the poor house.

If it absolutely must be a penalty for players, then I’d go with making offsides a punishable defense. If you skate offsides, you must go to the penalty box for a two-minute penalty kill. This is because any time you force a stoppage in play, you are killing the momentum of the game. Stoppages suck. Go and think about what you did.