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Originally Posted by McG
This will be the next thing the greasers will try to get changed…just like offsetting minor penalties go to 4 v 4 instead of the historical 5 v 5 which was done to get more open ice for Gretzky etcetera.
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You have that exactly backwards. Offsetting minors always were played 4 on 4 until 1985, when they changed the rule to make it 5 on 5 to
cut down the open ice for Gretzky & co.
Source:
https://records.nhl.com/history/historical-rule-changes