>        Somebody raised the question: do *both* referees have to lose sight
>of the puck in order for there to be a lose-sight-of-puck play stoppage?
>My tentative answer is that when the puck is in one team's zone, one of the
>referees is an "acting linesman," while the other one is responsible for
>losing sight of the puck (or not doing so).  Is there something written down
>to that effect?
>                                                Dave Delchamps
>                                                Cornell University
 
Rule 6, Section 36a: "If a player accidentally falls on the puck and the
puck is out of sight of the official..."
 
Can't get much more ambiguous than this. "THE" official! WHICH official??
Don't let coaches write rules,they're not good at it.