When players or fans first get involved with ice hockey, the first rule to understand is the offside rule. Without it, the game makes little sense, often simply looking like boxing on ice. In its ...

How do offsides work in hockey? The three zones of an ice hockey rink, offensive, neutral, and defensive, help to clarify how it is played. Blue lines denote these zones.

If a player from the attacking team leaves the ice and is replaced legally, the offside rule doesn't apply. In rare instances where the puck completely crosses the blue line but is quickly brought ...

Learn about the basics, teams, pucks, sticks, and nets of Ice Hockey. Understand key rules like offside, icing, and penalties ...

Before our grumpy hockey uncle departed, he left us some scribblings about video review, based on the last two Seattle Kraken games. The coach's challenge for offside has got to go. GOT. TO. GO.

Hockey needs to evolve and this is the ... You can’t take away offside, it’ll fundamentally ... You want to assume that huge risk by leaving your team shorthanded on the other end of the ice?

Ice hockey is fast-paced, thrilling and a lot of hard work — just ask Laila Edwards. "Off-season prep is way harder than in-season prep because you’re trying to get ready for in-season and you ...

Closer to home, the coach's challenge for offside has bedeviled the Seattle Kraken all season. It's especially painful when it penalizes the goal-deprived Kraken, 29th in NHL scoring this season.

New York Islanders head coach Patrick Roy talk to Brock Nelson (29) during overtime in an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday. AP “I still believe it was offside,” Roy ...