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"ADSC writes:
>Reply-To: "S Christopher, Dean: Beh Sci, Hum Serv, & Educ"
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>In-Reply-To: In reply to your message of WED 06 JAN 1993 15:31:57 EST
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>Rick Comley made this point strongly during a December Blue Line
>luncheon. He said he's strongly for the two-referee system, but that
>right now (or then) the officials aren't/weren't positioning themselves
>properly and thus a lot of offsides are/were being missed. He said the
>trailing ref should set up on the blue line and immediately retreat when
>the puck changes hands so that he can be stationed on the other blue
>line in time to see if an offsides occurs. In the beginning of the
>seaso, Rick said the refs were (all of them) going too deep into the
>offensive zone and thus were caught out of position on the quick
>transitions. He did saythat it was accomplishing its main objective,
>the elimination of a lot of fouling behind the play. I agree!
>
>On another note. The two-line rule (i.e. no passes from behind a blue
>line over a red line) was in effect in the NMU game with the Czechs
>since international rules were in effect. I was very surprised that
>this IS an international rule. Everything else about the international
>game seems to emphasize speed and offense. Yet this rule puts a crimp
>in those aspects of the play.
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> * Steve Christopher, NMU [log in to unmask] * * * * *
> * NCAA Division I Hockey National Champions 1990-91 * GO * *
> * NCAA Division I Hockey Final Eight 1991-92 * *
> * WCHA League Champions 1990-91 * 'CATS! * *
> * WCHA Playoff Champions 1989-90/1990-91/1991-92 . . . * * * * *
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Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] Color Voice of the Merrimack Warriors
(Any opinions expressed above are strictly those of the poster.) *HMN*
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