NCAA Approves Stalling/Shot Clock and Face-off Rule Changes
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From Press Release
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The protocol for face-offs will change slightly to the following process. The official will:
1) direct the players to come together and put their sticks on the ground opposite each other;
2) place the ball on the ground and say “set;” and
3) step away and blow the whistle to start play.
Time-outs
The panel also approved a small change to dead ball time-outs in which the restart will be in the field of play. In these instances, only the team in possession or entitled to possession is allowed to call timeout. Either team may continue to call timeout during all other dead ball situations.
Other Rules-Change Approvals
⢠Goals/stall procedures are met on the release of the ball instead of the ball crossing the plane of the goal line.
⢠In plays around the crease, if a player releases the ball before landing in the crease, the goal will count, provided that the player’s feet are grounded.
⢠When the ball returns to the defensive half after the offensive team has cleared the ball (other than a deflection or rebounded shot), this will result in a turnover and quick restart instead of a stall procedure or clearing clock. Defensive players may bat the ball to keep it in the offensive half, but if a defender possesses the ball from the defensive half, it is a violation.
⢠By the 2016 season, all uniform numbers must clearly contrast the color of the uniform. A white or light-colored uniform must have dark-colored numbers; a dark-colored uniform must have light-colored numbers.
The protocol for face-offs will change slightly to the following process. The official will:
1) direct the players to come together and put their sticks on the ground opposite each other;
2) place the ball on the ground and say “set;” and
3) step away and blow the whistle to start play.
Time-outs
The panel also approved a small change to dead ball time-outs in which the restart will be in the field of play. In these instances, only the team in possession or entitled to possession is allowed to call timeout. Either team may continue to call timeout during all other dead ball situations.
Other Rules-Change Approvals
⢠Goals/stall procedures are met on the release of the ball instead of the ball crossing the plane of the goal line.
⢠In plays around the crease, if a player releases the ball before landing in the crease, the goal will count, provided that the player’s feet are grounded.
⢠When the ball returns to the defensive half after the offensive team has cleared the ball (other than a deflection or rebounded shot), this will result in a turnover and quick restart instead of a stall procedure or clearing clock. Defensive players may bat the ball to keep it in the offensive half, but if a defender possesses the ball from the defensive half, it is a violation.
⢠By the 2016 season, all uniform numbers must clearly contrast the color of the uniform. A white or light-colored uniform must have dark-colored numbers; a dark-colored uniform must have light-colored numbers.
