>
> However, assuming you ARE on-sides, you can
> still be called for a two line pass. In the pros, the
> red line counts as a line; in college, the red line
> does not count, but you can still be nailed for a
> two line pass by going behind your blue line to
> ahead of your opponents'. At least, I think you
> can. Some posts seems to suggest that this is
> perfectly legal, and I begin to doubt that I've ever
> seen it called, except by Gallagher, which as all
> ECAC fans knows, means nothing.
 
I think I understand the problem now......and it is the result of "two line
pass" being somewhat of a misnomer.  It should be called a "two line offside
pass" or something similar.  It is perfectly legal in the pros for a player
to pass the puck across two lines to a teammate as long as the recipient of
the pass was on-side.  If you watch closely on those Pittsburgh Penguin
breakout passes through center ice to Mario Lemieux they generally come from
the defensive zone and do cross the red line.  However, Mario is an expert at
hanging along the red line to stay on-side and making his cut just as the puck
crosses the line.
 
As for a rule which restricts an on-side college player from receiving a
pass in the offensive zone because it crossed two lines.....I'm not aware of it.
 
Jon
 
 
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