At 2:42 PM -0500 11/4/96, Kevin Coty wrote:
> I was watching the game on Prime and they had a mic on the officials.
> While Piotrowski (sp?) was explaining the call to the captains I heard him
> say that a major and game misconduct for checking from behind was a rule
> change for this year.
 
Sort of...according to the revised rule 6-20, "Hitting from behind into the
side boards, end boards or goal cage is a flagrant violation and the
offending player shall be assessed a major and game misconduct penalty.  A
disqualification penalty also may be assessed."
 
The referee may otherwise assess a minor or major at his own discretion.
 
BTW, the change in the rule from last year only involves a few words.  Last
year, it was, "...and the offending player shall be assessed a major or a
disqualification penalty."  The discretionary minor/major was in place last
year.
 
> BTW, I thought the mic on the officals was a great idea.  How long have
> they been doing this?  It's nice to hear the explination ( or is some cases
> justification) of a questionable call or for that matter, any
> call/non-call.
 
Agreed...I've noticed it for a number of years now during CCHA games on
PASS or Prime.  It certainly adds something to the broadcast.
 
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