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Oh well, that will teach me to believe the Edmonton Journal :-)
Arthur Berman [log in to unmask]
On Sun, 15 Sep 1996, Mike Machnik wrote:
> At 7:14 AM -0600 9/15/96, Arthur Berman wrote:
> > John Short, in his column in the Edmonton Journal yesterday written
> > *before* the game had a thought on why the US team has gotten so
> > skilled. The Canadian Junior teams use NHL rules and therefore have the
> > "tag up" off side rule which, in Short's opinion (and mine) prevents
> > defencemen from learning good puckhandling skills. Short pointed out
> > than an area that the US is arguably superior is in the puck handling
> > skills of its defencemen. This is relevant to college hockey because it
> > still has the traditional off side rule. I think this observation merits
> > some thought and discussion.
>
> If you are referring to the delayed offside rule in which the offside is
> waved off if all offensive players in the zone make skate contact with the
> blue line (Rule 6-30(e)(2)), it has been this way in college hockey for
> many years too. I do not recall when the change was made, but I think it
> was around the same time that the NHL changed its rule.
>
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> Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] *HMM* 11/13/93
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