At 10:46 AM -0500 12/6/96, Paul Gentile wrote:
> >>> Rick McAdoo <[log in to unmask]> 12/06/96 01:06am >>>
> >>> UML's Ryan Golden went down with a leg injury (knee?) in the
> >>> middle of the third period and limped off the ice with help.
>
> This was in the defensive zone while Lowell was killing a penalty. Cole
> stood over Golden while the puck was being contested behind the net.
> He didn't blow his whistle. Then the puck came out and Northeastern
> started working a 5-on-3 power play for a good 15 seconds ... all while
> Cole stood over Golden. It wasn't until Lowell grabbed a rebound and
> cleared that Cole blew his whistle. I thought this was preposterous and
> yet just another obvious sign of Cole's poor officiating.
 
According to Rule 2-6-d, if a player is injured, "play shall not be stopped
until the injured player's team has secured possession of the puck."
However, the note to this rule says that if the injury is serious, play
shall be stopped immediately.  It's likely that Cole did not think the
injury was serious enough and it sounds like he was doing his best to
determine this.
 
> >>> A question for rules gurus:  UML was killing a penalty and sent the
> >>> puck down the ice with 0:01 left on the penalty.  The puck was
> >>> sliding through center ice when the penalty expired, and by the time
> >>> the puck crossed the far red line the penalty was done.  Is this
> >>> icing? (It was called icing at the game, and the UML player protested,
> >>> saying he was still on the penalty-kill when he passed it down the
> >>> ice.)
>
> Whether or not this should have or shouldn't have .... the linesman took a
> look at the clock right before he blew his whistle...indicating he probably
> never considered the state of affairs when the puck was actually
> cleared.
>
> I thought it should have been waived off when it left the Lowell zone.
 
Note 2 to Rule 6-23-a says that "if the puck is shot before the penalty
expires, icing shall not be called."  However, it also says that "the
decision as to whether icing has occurred shall be determined at the
instant the penalty expires."  Perhaps at that instant it was determined to
have been icing, but Rick's description does make it sound as if a mistake
was made.  I don't know since I wasn't there.
 
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