<P> During a faceoff, a player may be judged to be in an offside position if they are lined up within 15 feet of the centres before the puck is dropped . This may result in a faceoff violation, at which point the official dropping the puck will wave the centre out of the faceoff spot and require that another player take their place . If one team commits two violations during the same attempt to restart play, it will be assessed a minor penalty for delay of game . </P> <P> An offside pass (or two - line pass) occurs when a pass from inside a team's defending zone crosses the red line . When such a pass occurs, play is stopped and a faceoff is conducted in the defending zone of the team that committed the infraction . </P> <P> There are two determining factors in an offside pass violation: </P> <Ol> <Li> Puck position when pass is released . Since the blue line is considered part of the zone the puck is in, if the puck is behind or in contact with the blue line when the pass is released, the pass may be an offside pass . </Li> <Li> Skate position of the receiver . If the receiver has skate contact with the red line at the instant the puck completely crosses it, the pass is legal regardless of where the puck actually makes contact with his stick . Both of his skates must be completely on the far side of the red line when the puck crosses the red line into the attacking zone to be governed by the aforementioned offside rule . </Li> </Ol>

When did the nhl get rid of the two line pass