On Mon, 10 Feb 1997, Adam Wodon-Around the Rinks wrote:
 
> >         In games I heard on the radio this weekend, Cornell's win over
> > Dartmouth &their  loss to Vermont (Coach Schafer pulled *two* rabbits out of
> > his hat in this one; *two* illegal stick calls against Vermont.   Boy!  If
> > any team gets caught for this against the Big Red anymore, they are not
> > paying attention!), the radio announcer repeatedly used the term, "goalline
> > extended" when there was an offensive player with the puck near the
> > defensive goal.  What does that mean?
>
> A descriptive term to describe where the player/puck is ... technically, if he
> just said "goal line" he would accurate, because the goal line stretches from
> one side of the ice to the other ... but many people would envision that as
> just the line between the two goal posts ... so he says "goal line extended" to
> signify the area along the goal line that's beyond the two posts.
 
I was just looking something up last night, and I think the rule book
actually uses "goal line extended" several times (look under icing).  But
I agree, just using "goal line" should be sufficient.
 
I guess the announcer is trying to be proper.
 
Kirk
 
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