Repeat offenders for diving and their coaches will face increasingly steeper fines as part of a series of rule changes announced by the NHL. Other rules changes announced by the league on Thursday focus on overtime, shootouts, penalties, video review, faceoffs and the trapezoid behind the net. In shootouts, coaches no longer have to submit a list of their first three shooters. In an effort to cut down on shootouts, there will be a dry scrape of the ice before overtime, something that was previously done before shootouts.
More...