At 02:02 AM 12/9/96 -0500, "John R. Nash" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>Late in Saturday night's UW/UAA 5-5 tie, there was what appeared to be a
>very questionable call against the Badgers that led to the game-tying goal.
>The call was apparently made by the penalty timer (not the ref or asst.
>refs), who claimed that Brad Englehart left the box early at the end of
>serving a minor.  As far as I know, someone at the scorer's table can't
>demand that a penalty be called any more than a fan in the stands can, but
>apparently he told an asst. ref to call the penalty, who did.  The Badger
>radio color guy (Bill Brophy) said that he was watching Englehart and the
>clock and didn't see any early jump, which means to me that even if there
>_was_ an infraction, it was a matter of under a second.
>
>So... rulebook people, can you confirm that only the ref or asst. ref can
>call such a penalty (similar to the old 1-ref 2-linesmen system where even
>the linesmen couldn't call penalties that they saw), and not someone at the
>_scorer's table_?
>
 
Rule 6-28.c (Page 66 of the 1997 NCAA rule book)
 
6-28.c If a player leaves the penalty bench before the penalty is served
fully, the penalty timekeeper shall note the time and notify a referee at
the next stoppage in play.
 
Scott
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