Jim Love writes:
 
> I always assumed (I know, the old a** of u and me bit :-)
>that hockey officials, as in baseball, were considered part of the playing
>surface,
 
        Or, as they say in cricket, "The umpire is not a boundary!"
 
        I was going to guess that there's some rule about having a
faceoff if an official's interference gives a clear advantage to one
team (and a goal would certainly count), but I'm sure I've seen
clearing attempts kept in by the linesman without play being stopped.
 
                                        John Whelan, Cornell '91
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