If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Coming out of the 2005-2006 season, the NHL, by recommendation of the Competition Committee chose to ...

of the New Jersey Devils against the Buffalo Sabres at the Prudential Center on April 11, 2010 in Newark, New Jersey. Chris McGrath While casual fans probably don’t really bat an eye at the league’s ...

It’s crazy to think it’s been over two decades since the NHL lost an entire season to a work stoppage. It’s also mind-numbing to think that a rule put in place following that lockout is still around ...

The trapezoid rule stays, NHL general managers decided at their meetings yesterday, but the really hot issue - head shots - is expected to generate friction today. Head shots are the most contentious ...

© 2026 Yahoo. All rights reserved. Has there been anything so loathed in hockey as the trapezoid indicating the only place where a goaltender is legally allowed to ...

If the GMs are ultimately going to do anything about head shots in the NHL – and there are certainly no guarantees they will – it will not include taking away the trapezoid behind the net. The ...

You know how some people will just type, "First!" on a comment thread just to be first? That's not why, exactly, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League deep-sixed the trapezoid rule on Thursday, but it ...

Wait, so let's get this straight: Martin Brodeur is out of an NHL playing job for the first time in 25 years and the league expands the trapezoid rule? That's one of nine rule changes the NHL ...

I like the trapezoid and how it limits the goalie’s ability to play the puck, but I say we take the idea one step further. Remove the trapezoid and change the rule so that goalies can no longer ...

Has there been anything so loathed in hockey as the trapezoid indicating the only place where a goaltender is legally allowed to play the puck behind the net? Earlier this summer, the QMJHL among its ...