Unless you are thinking of how basketball handles final shots, I do not
believe this is inconsistent. 

Icing is signaled when the shot/pass leaves the stick of the offending
player and it is not called until it has crossed the goal line. Keep in
mind, they wait to call icing until the goal line as there could be
possible reasons to waive it off.

It the puck hits a teammate after the penalty expired and that teammate
was still on the wrong side of the red line, icing would be called.  If
the player was in the offensive side of the red line, icing would be
waived.

If the puck hit an opposing players skate or stick, icing is waived
anyway.

The answer may not be coming directly from the book, but it is very
close to the explanation the book would give.

Mike Larson
Minnesota Official Scorer


 
 

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Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:23 PM
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Subject: Re: Icing rules question

What would be the case if the puck is hit by another skater's stick or
skate
after the penalty expires and then crosses the end line?  Seems the
ruling
is inconsistent with the end of a game determining when a goal is
scored.
In that case, the time of the shot is not the determining factor but
when
the puck crosses the goal line.  In either case, the shooter is firing
the
puck before the expiration of time, whether it be a penalty expiring or
a
game ending.

Hambone
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From: Wayne T Smith <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 12:32 PM
Subject: Icing rules question


>With the recent fine question and answers on DQs, I'll pitch in with a
>new question ...
>
>In a UMaine game this past weekend, Team A, with their man-down time
>about to expire, fires the puck for the length of the ice.  Before the
>puck crosses the goal line extended, however, the penalty time expires
>and Team A returns to full strength.
>
>Question: Was icing whistled or waived off?
>
>(I must admit, it's been so long since I've seen this situation, I'd
>forgotten the correct call!)
>
>
>cheers, wayne
>