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Originally Posted by FanIn80
The "Gretzky Rule" or The "Oilers Rule" or something like that, if I remember correctly.
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The Oilers would go out of their way to have altercations after the whistle that would result in coincidental minors so they would have the advantage 4-4. The NHL decided that coincidental minors shouldn't give a team an advantage and made it 5-5.
Years later when the NHL was desparate for more offense, they brought the 4-4 back.