Please note we will be instructing our officials to enforce the following rule:
 
51.n: When one or both defensemen, point players, or any player coming from the players’ or penalty bench of the attacking team, enters deeply into the attacking zone (the top of the circle being the limit) when a gathering is taking place following a stoppage of play, the ensuing face-off shall take place at the nearest face-off spot in the neutral zone, near the blue line of the defending team.
 
This is to lessen the amount of gathering that occurs in front of the net during stoppages. Most problems occur here and we hope this will assist in keeping the play competitive and the stoppages safe for all.