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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
If a team is awaiting a penalty call and are in their own end, it should not be enough to simply gain possession of the buck, but they should have to clear their own zone.
This wouldn't affect too many plays, but it would occasionally give attacking teams an extra chance or two with their goalie pulled. There are time when the defending team recovers the puck behind their net and does not have a guaranteed breakout, and also removes doubt on 'possession' with some scramble plays in front of the net.
If the team ices the puck, then icing rules apply. Puck over glass rule debate aside (IMO should be treated as icing), but it would also apply.
Any possession in the neutral zone or attacking end would be called as it currently is.
Thoughts?
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Nah. They get the full two minutes, plus bonus time while they have possession. Kind of a courtesy in that they have a chance to continue while in control. Perhaps more so that they don't lose a scoring chance if/while they have one. But once their control or possession is done, clean the slate, put the offenders down a man, and let them deal with it from there. Why make a penalty more penalizing.