My small tweaks:
1. Goalie Equipment
2. Get rid of the trapezoid. Let goalies wander to play the puck
3. When a team begins a period on the powerplay, have the faceoff in the defending team's end, not at centre - the PP is already broken by the intermission so put the faceoff back in the offensive zone where it started.
4. Put a box in front of each bench, from the boards 1 metre out. A player cannot touch the ice until the player coming off has part of a skate inside that box. Prevents cheating off a line change and makes "Too Many Men" calls less discretionary.
5. Open play after a penalty shot. Put the puck on the offensive blue line. All skaters other than the shooter are stationary behind the red line and can skate when the shooter touches the puck (the shooter can take a run up). There's a bit more pressure and if the shooter misses the shot play just carries on. No stoppage unless the normal stuff occurs (puck out of play, goalie covers, scores, etc.).
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