One rule from new professional women’s league the NHL should adopt

The inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League season offers the sport’s talented crop of female players a spotlight. However, it’s also produced several unique and intriguing modifications to the rules hockey fans have become accustomed to. 

Along with tweaks to shootouts and how teams gain points in the standings, there’s one change that the NHL should consider adopting. 

In the PWHL, a short-handed goal frees that team’s player…