Just a week into the 2016 playoffs, we've seen some quirky rules applied. Here are five more actual NHL rules that many fans may not have heard of. Just a week into the 2016 playoffs, we've seen ...

Leafs Captain Auston Matthews initially had no idea why he was given a minor penalty when he grabbed Elvis Merzlikins' stick after the two collided with one another.

The 2024-2025 NHL season is ready to kick-off. Preseason action is just beginning, as training camps progress and teams ...

Tyler Myers and Connor McDavid both received a match penalty on Saturday night.

There are so many phrases and words that no one hears anywhere else but at the rink. Below, is an alphabetical list of some of the essentials, from "breakaway" to "Zamboni." Backchecking: A ...

This salary deferral tool is one of many CBA rules, standards and parameters that fans may not be familiar with as this season plays out. The NHL CBA, an ironclad legal contract over 500 pages ...

Connor McDavid's three-game suspension has divided opinion in the NHL, but now P.K. Subban has sided with the Edmonton Oilers ...

When a referee assesses a penalty, there are varying degrees of punishment. A penalty can have a duration of two, four, five or 10 minutes. Minor penalties are erased by an opponent's goal, but ...

In 1922, the National Hockey League incorporated Rule 56 into its official rule book, which governed what it then called "Fisticuffs" as an official part of the game. Today, the section of the NHL ...

In the NHL there's a formality in which the visiting team is required to put their stick on the ice first for any face-off. In the Olympics, per IIHF rules, it is the attacking team – the team nearest ...