MONTREAL — Since its inception, the Professional Women's Hockey League has sought to break new ground with innovative rules.
MONTREAL — Since its inception, the Professional Women's Hockey League has sought to break new ground with innovative rules.
A new"No Escape Rule" requires players on a penalized team, with penalty time on the clock, to remain on the ice until after the faceoff resumes action. That could lead to a situation in which teams start a penalty kill with three forwards and a defender until a chance for substitution in-game. "That's why Grant-Mentis was playing D. I would never want Grant-Mentis to play D. She needs to score goals, she doesn't need to stop them,” Cheverie said as laughs went around the news conference room.
"It's Game 1, so I think we're trying to make this league stand out, and we've already stood out,” Murphy said. “Any way we can increase goal scoring, the goalies in this league are so good, I think that's primarily probably why they added it. But this is just the first time I've heard about it today, so I think just adapting and seeing where it takes us.”
Victoire general manager Danièle Sauvageau said the rule goes beyond merely increasing offensive play.
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