I agree with Rich.  There's so much pressure to win faceoffs, that many
players look for an edge.  I watched a Maine player stand ON the faceoff
dot last night hoping for a quick drop of the puck.  He got a warning, then
the boot.  If they'd just give 'em the boot in the first place, maybe it
would work into faster faceoffs.  It works for other actions.  Hold the
stick ... you get 2 minutes.  Much less holding now.

What bugs me is the new tendency to stay down after hitting the boards,
looking for for the 5-minute call ... a big game changer.  I must admit
it's hard to tell when a player is really shaken up.  Maybe it's just
coincidence when the victim gets up and skates easily to the bench as soon
as the major is announced.  Don't get me wrong, concussions are terrible
injuries.  I just wonder sometimes.

Cheers, Wayne

On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:04 PM, Rich Shelley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> it's usually determined by an official not conducting the face-off (the
> other linesman, or the center ice ref -- that's because the face-off rules
> are being violated by players other than the centers (most often, the wings
> on the board breaking into the circle, which the center ice ref is
> responsible for) -- boo if we will, but in-zone face-offs are kinda
> critical, so violations are kinda significant....
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Clay Satow
> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 8:19 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Centers getting tossed
>
>
> At the Beanpot finals last Monday, centers were being tossed to the point
> that the crowd was booing.  And it wasn't just the linesmen.  Sometimes the
> whistle was being blown by the referee at center ice.
>
> --- On Sun, 2/19/12, Joe Makowiec <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>  From: Joe Makowiec <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Centers getting tossed
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Sunday, February 19, 2012, 12:04 PM
>> In Friday's RPI/Q'pac contest, I saw
>> more centers get tossed from faceoffs than I have all season
>> combined.  Did we just get a linesman with a pea stuck
>> up his whistle, or is this going to be a trend?  And if
>> so, why so close to the playoffs?
>>
>> Joe
>> -- Joe Makowiec can be reached at:
>> http://makowiec.org/contact/?**Joe <http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe>
>> http://makowiec.org/
>>
>
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