Another "new to hockey" question

[Segagendude]

Line changes are done on the fly.......play is stopped for faceoffs, but that's not an official timeout. So my question is, are timeouts ever taken? And why would they be? (Besides injuries, of course)And finally, how many does each team get?

In the NBA, a timeout is called to setup a play. If there's 3.5 seconds left in an NBA game, it could take 5 minutes to finish with all the timeouts...lol.

As I've mentioned, I've been watching replays of last year's playoff series, and noticed so far no TO's are taken during the games. Was just wondering.....thanks.

[ClarkKent]

Each team gets 1 timeout. Majority of the time they're are used 1) in the last minute, down by 1 2) after a long shift and icing has been called 3) to stop opposing momentum.
There's also TV timeouts that occur past the first whistle at the 14, 10 and 6 minute mark unless a team is shorthanded.

[JezFranco]

Quote: Originally Posted by ClarkKent

... 2) after a long shift and icing has been called...

And to clarify in case you didn't know Sega, that's because the team causing an icing aren't allowed a line change.

[Choneen]

In the video game, the timeouts are used to replenish all your lines' energy.

[TripleCrown9]

Good topic, Sega. I would have never thought to ask about timeouts, because I thought they were nonexistent in hockey, lol. But once again, thanks for all the help for us newbies, guys.

[Mikey88]

Quote: Originally Posted by JezFranco

And to clarify in case you didn't know Sega, that's because the team causing an icing aren't allowed a line change.

Yup, that was a great new rule that the NHL implemented recently to counteract all the times a team would just shoot the puck all the way down the ice to the other end for a whistle to stop play and make a line change... now with the new rule , they can still shoot the puck all the way down, but they will not be able to change lines.. so the players get a small break but not the much needed bench break lol

[Mikey88]

Quote: Originally Posted by SwampStomper90

Good topic, Sega. I would have never thought to ask about timeouts, because I thought they were nonexistent in hockey, lol. But once again, thanks for all the help for us newbies, guys.

There's another strategy that I have seen teams use to get some semblance of a timeout without actually burning their only timeout. I've seen teams change their goalies after a stoppage of play to buy time for the coach to talk to the players or just to give them a break, and then change back to their original goalie on the next play stoppage lol

[Segagendude]

Quote: Originally Posted by JezFranco

And to clarify in case you didn't know Sega, that's because the team causing an icing aren't allowed a line change.

Ok, I've been doing it wrong. I shoot the puck in deep, even hear the announcer say "He'll dump it in to make a change", then icing is called. Now, if I'm the one causing the icing, you're saying I can't do a line change?

So what's the proper method of "dumping the puck" to get a change?