It’s a new rule to the National Hockey League that hasn’t created the same kind of buzz as the 3-on-3 overtime period. But that’s only because it won’t be available until the real games begin.
Indeed, of all the new rules changes this season, a coach’s challenge is one of the few the league has put a hold on until the start of the 2015-16 calendar.
But that doesn’t mean coaches haven’t already started to tinker with how, and when, it should be used, including Winnipeg Jets head coach Paul Maurice.