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September 12, 2014
NHL Bans the Spin-o-Rama Move from Shootouts: Among the rule changes the NHL has added for the coming season: A ban on the "spin-o-rama" move in NHL penalty shots and shootouts an increasing scale of fines for diving.
Can we still do the back and forth move from NHL 93 & 94 or is that banned too?
posted by yerfatma at 02:20 PM on September 12, 2014
If a player performs a spin-o-rama move correctly, then the puck still keeps moving forward. You don't stop the puck, but slow it down to a crawl and move around it. However, like Raymond's attempt above, most of them do stop the puck moving forward (and often slam on the brakes themselves). Those should definitely be disallowed, and I'd say that more than 75% of the attempts were done "incorrectly".
And since its a judgement call the ref has to make, I think it's a good idea to simply stop them from being used altogether. If you want to bust one out on a breakaway, go ahead.
posted by grum@work at 02:29 PM on September 12, 2014
Can we still do the back and forth move from NHL 93 & 94 or is that banned too?
In my games, we banned the "cut to the middle from the boards while holding down the shot button and freezing the goalie" move. If anyone in our group did that, you had to play the rest of the game without a goalie.
posted by grum@work at 02:34 PM on September 12, 2014
The link in the FPP is a Chris Davis suspension story. I assume you meant to post that too?
posted by bender at 02:57 PM on September 12, 2014
In my games, we banned the "cut to the middle from the boards while holding down the shot button and freezing the goalie" move
Pfft, amateurs. You need to learn to use the goalie. Get him out there moving around to stop that. Plus if the cut is too close to the crease, instant turnover when the goalie takes out their forward.
posted by yerfatma at 04:31 PM on September 12, 2014
I always wondered about the legality of the "spin-o-rama." When I played, to my recollection, if the player with the puck's progress ceased to go toward the net on a penalty shot, the attempt ended.
I assume this information would be easily verifiable if only there was some sort of technological breakthrough that would allow me to peruse hockey rules from 1974-1995. Some sort of "internet."