These Athletes Forced Their Sports To Change The Rules

Published on November 4, 2019 By Jason Albert

Roger Neilson

Coach Neilson came to realize that in hockey, penalty shots would be nearly impossible for an opposing player to score if he put a defenseman on the ice and told him to charge for the other player. When the NHL realized what was happening, they insisted that a goaltender must be used on defense during penalty shots.

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In addition, Coach Nielson would pull the goalkeeper in last minute situations for an extra offensive player but told him to leave his stick in front of the net. The NHL banned this too.