NHL Bans Spin-O-Rama in Shootout/Penalty Shot

 
 
New NHL rules include Spin-O-Rama ban during penalty shots, shootouts  
Toronto Staff
Sep 11, 2014 04:04:14 PM

 

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Hockey fans are gearing up for the upcoming NHL season, but the game won’t be quite the same as it used to be after the NHL announced a series of rule changes for 2014-15.
Fans may have gotten a thrill out of the flashy Spin-O-Rama move, but it will no longer be permitted during penalty shots or shootouts.
The league is also continuing its crackdown on dangerous on-ice behaviour, creating a new Game Misconduct category for offences like clipping, charging, elbowing, interference, kneeing, head-butting and butt-ending.
“A player who incurs two such game misconducts in this category would now be automatically suspended for one game,” the league said in a release.
A climbing rate of monetary fines have also been implemented for diving.

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