Rich Vehlow, [log in to unmask] write:
>
> What I have seen outside of "normal":
>         ICING- icing called ON OCCASION when the puck is shot JUST OUTSIDE of
>         the opposing team's zone and not from the offending team's zone.
>
What you probably witnessed was "intentional offsides" which results
in a faceoff in the offending team's zone.
 
>         OFFSIDES- faceoff occurs towards the side of the neutral zone nearer
>         the OFFENDING team's zone rather than the OPPOSING team's zone!
>
If a player receives a pass offsides, the faceoff takes place where
the pass originated which could even be in the offending team's zone.
 
Pete Kester
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