If you buy something from a link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Coming out of the 2005-2006 season, the NHL, by recommendation of the Competition Committee chose to ...

The trapezoid rule stays, NHL general managers decided at their meetings yesterday, but the really hot issue - head shots - is expected to generate friction today. Head shots are the most contentious ...

of the New Jersey Devils against the Buffalo Sabres at the Prudential Center on April 11, 2010 in Newark, New Jersey. Chris McGrath While casual fans probably don’t really bat an eye at the league’s ...

Dallas Stars’ Steve Ott (29) competes against Minnesota Wild goalie Jose Theodore, right, for a loose puck behind the net in the third period of an NHL hockey game Friday, March 11, 2011, in Dallas.

Based on their rules proposals and the causes they championed during their meetings in lovely Boca Raton, the NHL's general managers like forechecking. A lot. They'd like to see more of it, too. No, ...

I like the trapezoid and how it limits the goalie’s ability to play the puck, but I say we take the idea one step further. Remove the trapezoid and change the rule so that goalies can no longer ...

If the GMs are ultimately going to do anything about head shots in the NHL – and there are certainly no guarantees they will – it will not include taking away the trapezoid behind the net. The ...

Wait, so let's get this straight: Martin Brodeur is out of an NHL playing job for the first time in 25 years and the league expands the trapezoid rule? That's one of nine rule changes the NHL ...

You know how some people will just type, "First!" on a comment thread just to be first? That's not why, exactly, the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League deep-sixed the trapezoid rule on Thursday, but it ...

Has there been anything so loathed in hockey as the trapezoid indicating the only place where a goaltender is legally allowed to play the puck behind the net? Earlier this summer, the QMJHL among its ...