Jay writes ..
>The goal judge turned the light on rather late, and in my
>opinion had a view that was obstructed by the goalies body.
>The referee did not see the play as an SLU defenseman and a
>Clarkson player were between him and the play. In this case
>having not seen the play he could not wave off the goal and
>let the goal judges ruling stand. ...
This is probably a nit, and if I'm wrong, please correct me, but ...
A goal judge cannot call a goal: this can only be done by the referee
(and perhaps linesmen?). A goal judge *signals* that he has seen the
puck go in as a goal. A goal judge *may* be asked by the referee for
such things as did it go in before the whistle or was it kicked in.
If this is substantially wrong I hope our experts can straighten me
out!)
Wayne (played at high school goal judge for a while) Smith