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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 3064788" data-attributes="member: 2012">NHL to allow bigger stick curvesCanadian Press9/14/2006 6:12:08 PMCHICAGO (CP) - Only minor tweaks this time around.The NHL's board of governors approved a variety of rule changes Thursday but nothing compared to the massive overhaul the league underwent last summer.The biggest change approved Thursday involved sticks, with the maximum curve increased to three-quarters of an inch from the traditional half an inch. That will give shooters a little more zip in their shots.But players better not cheat. During regulation time or overtime (but not shootouts), a player caught with an illegal stick will get the traditional minor penalty and a $200 fine for the first offence.A second offence in the same season would be accompanied by a minor penalty, plus a fine of $1,000. A third offence in the same season would draw a game misconduct penalty and an automatic one-game suspension. The suspension would double in length for any subsequent violation in the same season.Changes to the shootout were also approved. An opposing club may now request measurement of a shooter's stick prior to his attempt. If the stick is legal, the complaining team would forfeit its next shootout attempt and the player listed for the challenging club's next attempt would not be permitted to participate until all other eligible players have participated, essentially kicking him out of the shootout unless it goes 20 deep.The same team complaining about a legal stick would be fined $5,000 and the club's coach would be fined $1,000.If the stick is illegal, the offending player would become ineligible to participate in the shootout and the club would forfeit that shootout attempt. The team would be fined $5,000 and the player would be fined $1,000.The board also approved enhanced measures against diving, a major problem last year in the NHL as players tried to take advantage of all the extra penalty calls with the league's crackdown on obstruction.The first diving infraction would result in a warning letter being sent to the player. A second infraction would be accompanied by a $1,000 fine. A third infraction would result in a telephone hearing with the league and a possible one-game suspension. The length of the suspension would double for any subsequent violation.Another rule change accepted Thursday will give the home team the choice of shooting first or second in the shootout.</blockquote>

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