(1) Thanks Wayne for getting our juices flowing.
(2) For "Seems the ruling is inconsistent with the end of a game determining when a goal is scored. "

Less inconsistency than you might think. If the college rule is based on the professional rule, icing is not called in the pro game until the puck is actually touched by an opposing player. It is the fact of contact that matters, just as the fact of the whole puck crossing the goal line matters for a goal, so that in neither case in the pro game does the time of the shot matter. For the college/international game, the modified rule gave them the choice of when the puck crosses the line (for when icing is actually called) versus when it is not icing due to being shorthanded, and thus the intent of the shooter matters so it is his timing of the shot that determines whether icing is called, which makes sense to me.

Nathan


On 1/20/09 12:23 PM, "Hambone" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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
-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne T Smith <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
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
>