There is also automatic or no-touch icing which is used mostly in lower-level professional hockey leagues like the ECHL and Central Hockey League , It was enforced in 1990 after LudÄ k Ä ajka , a Czech player rushed to get to the puck in an icing situation , he crashed into the boards , suffered severe spinal injuries , and died a few weeks later . This is called automatic or no-touch icing . This rule has been adopted after an incident in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League in 1990 , when LudÄ k Ä ajka , rushing to get to the puck in an icing situation , crashed into the boards , suffered severe spinal injuries , and died a few weeks later .