Excellent Move in Youth Hockey: Put PIMs in the Standings

In Minnesota youth hockey, Fair Play Shows Up in the Standings.

The "revolutionary feature is the fair-play point — an extra point in the standings awarded teams, win or lose, for each game in which they take fewer than a designated number of penalty minutes.

The fair-play point is in effect for all youth leagues outside of high school competition: boys and girls, starting from Mite, for players 8 and younger, through Junior Gold, for players up to 18. Minnesota is the only state that has it."

It works:

"Within a year of instituting the fair-play point, the number of penalties dropped sharply — particularly for fouls like hits to the head, high-sticking and roughing and fighting."