The AHL Board of Governor's meetings concluded today and with them, the league announced many new rule changes for the coming season. The AHL has long served as a testing ground for new rules that may eventually find their way into the NHL. Some previous examples include the shootout, the trapezoid and hybrid icing.
This year, the AHL will try out new rules around fighting and icing. In addition, we mourn the loss of the dry scrape. Rest in peace, you waste of five minutes of my evening. The league will do the same cleaning procedure after regulation as they do for promotional timeouts.