What's the official term for this amalgam of traditional, and no-touch icing?
Like in every great sports scenario when you have no good term to describe a mix of ideas; use Hybrid, that's all it is as known as. Hybrid icing
That post reminds me...regarding power plays:
When you're the team with the advantage, is there a specific lineup you try to run with there or is it just whoever's there at the time?
When you're down a man, same question. I assume in this case you want more defensive players, but I know in the past the Hawks have been able to score points while down a man...as weird as that is.
Every team will always have their specific PowerPlay lineups. You'll have two units generally as for the Hawks, the last couple years their main 1st unit has been consistently Toews-Kane-Shaw-Keith-Sharp. Though a few years back you had a lot of rotating who was the 3rd forward before Shaw has maintained his spot for being so good at battling to screen goalies and at deflecting shots. Toews is quite good at doing it and several years ago he battled in front of the net more frequently on the PP but when he was having some injury issues including a concussion, they shifted to less of that happening and he can create so well around the edge of the net that it helps.
As far as for when you are down a skater, when you have elite two-way players that the Hawks have in Toews-Hossa, you're more likely to wind up with getting shorthanded goals. That helps them to be as dominant as they've been normally. Even in the past when Sharp and Bolland had lots of PK time, they were aggressive and good at playing fast which helped them get those goals.
