Report: NHL competition committee has proposed two rule changes in the NHL.

The National Hockey League could see modifications to two rules as early as next season.

According to a report from Sportsnet, the NHL's competition committee has determined that it will put forward to proposed rule changes, and at least on the surface they both seem to make a great deal of sense.

From Sportsnet:

The rules are as follows:

Rule 87 Time-outs: The Committee recommends a change so that no time-out shall be granted following an icing for the team that committed the icing infraction.

Rule 80.4: The Committee recommends a change so that when a team has a power-play and a player on the team at full strength causes a stoppage of play as the result of striking the puck with a high stick in the offensive zone, the resulting face-off shall be made in the neutral zone on the nearest face-off spot. This makes the rule consistent with the how the face-off is addressed when there is a stoppage under the same circumstances when both teams are at full strength.

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