The NCAA Ice Hockey Committee has proposed a series of rule changes that, if approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Committee in July, would go in effect for the 2010-11 season. The proposals are:

* Enhancement to the contact to the head rule to include a minimum of a five-minute major penalty and either a game misconduct or game disqualification penalty

* Enforcement of icing at all times, including while a team is shorthanded

* Modification of the no-touch icing rule to wave off icing if an official determines that an attacking player would reach the puck before a defending player

* Alteration of the delayed penalty rule to provide the offensive team with a power play even if a goal was scored during the delay

* Changing which end each team defends during an overtime period (goaltenders would now switch ends after the third period)

The committee also addressed a proposal that called for allowing half-shield visors instead of full facemasks, but determined that more scientific data was needed before a proposal could be made.