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1997 NHL Rulebook - Playing Rules
Rule 71. Preceding Puck into
Attacking Zone

Players of the attacking team must not precede the puck into the attacking zone.

For violation of this rule, the play is stopped and the puck shall be faced-off in the neutral zone at the face-off spot nearest the attacking zone of the offending team.

If however, notwithstand-ing the fact that a member of the attacking team shall have preceded the puck into the attacking zone, the puck is cleanly intercepted by a member of the defending team at or near the blue line and is carried out or passed by them into the neutral zone, the "off-side" shall be ignored and play permitted to continue. (Officials will carry out this rule by means of the "slow whistle".)

If a player legally carries or passes the puck back into his own defending zone while a player of the opposing team is in such defending zone, the "off-side" shall be ignored and play permitted to continue. (No "slow whistle".)

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