Here's a little Mensa test for you all in respect to the rules for awarding power play opportunities during regular season overtime 4 on 4 hockey.
No prizes to be awarded, though I do have an extensive beer cap collection from my earlier years that I may be pursuaded to part with. The Molson Golden and Labatts Crystal caps are collectors items in and of themselves.
Anyway, during last Saturday night's Florida at Toronto game Florida was penalized at 0:39 of the OT for a double minor and Toronto was penalized for a single minor on the same play. This put Toronto on a PP with a 4 skater to 3 skater advantage.
I thought that the teams each played one man short on coincidental penalties and the Toronto PP would start after the expiration of the coincidental penalties but this wasn't the case.
To compound matters, Florida (Ulanov) was called for another minor penalty at the 1:57 mark of OT but continued to play with 3 skaters. That much I understand, you cannot play with less than 3 skaters and a goalie at any one time.
Now, when Ulanov's penalty (the 2 min minor taken at 1:57) expired the he came onto the ice and joined the play, creating a 4 on 4 situation. End of Toronto PP, or so it seemed.
The play stopped soon after Ulanov returned to the ice at 3:57 but when the teams lined up for the resulting faceoff, Florida again iced only 3 skaters until the expiration of the double minor at 4:39, then the penalized player came out to make it 4 on 4 hockey again.
I was a bit confused by this - there was no penalty called for too many men on the ice when Ulanov came out of the box and joined the play. I must not understand this ruling because I am sure if something was amiss Quinn would've been hopping around, throwing his gum and shaking his head as he is wont to do.
Does anyone understand the ruling used in this situation?
