Mike Machnik writes:
> Charlie Shub writes:
> >at 9:30 left, team H gets a 2 minute minor and is short handed
> >at 8:30 left, team V player 1 gets a 2 minute minor so the teams are
> >              at 4 a side
> >at 8:00 left, team V player 2 gets a 2 minute minor so V is a man down (4-3)
> >at 7:30 left, team H retuns to full strength (5 on 3 advantage)
> >at 7:00 left, team H scores
> >              The penalty clocks read 30 sec for V 1 and
> >              60 sec for V 2.
> >Who comes out of the box,  V1 or V2, and why?
>
> Rule 4-2-c: "If the opposing team scores a goal while a team is
> short-handed by one or more minor or bench minor penalties, the
> short-handed team shall be permitted to replace immediately on the ice
> the first player whose minor or bench minor penalty caused the team to
> be short-handed."
>
> Since this player was V1, he would come out of the box, and 1:00 would
> remain on V2's penalty.
>
> >Now how about if team H did not get the minor, does the answer
> >change?
>
> No, because it would not change the fact that V1 was the first player
> whose penalty caused his team to be short-handed.
 
My brother-in-law (once and future hockey-l'er William Sangrey, visiting for
Thanksgiving -- and the College Hockey Showcase ;-) ) and I interpret that rule
to mean that V2 is the one who made the team short-handed, and thus would be let
out of the box. We then think the answer DOES change if H didn't get the minor,
as V1 would have been the first player to make his team short-handed.
 
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