In a league tournament situation like that, I would suspect that it's
normal for there to be a standby official in place, for just such an
emergency. It's less of an issue now that the game starts with four
officials. Presumably one or two of officials who worked the semifinal, but
didn't work the final, would be the standby refs in this situation.

John

On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 5:27 PM Carol White <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> If anyone saw it, the Ref was blindsided by two players at the end of the
> ice.
>
> He fell HARD and I think he even hit his head.  The trainer from St Cloud
> was out there in a flash and he slowly got up.
>
> They made sure he was okay and when the injured Ref went over to the
> penalty box area the officials were asking him the Concussion questions.
>
> There was a spare Ref all dressed and ready to go in case one of them was
> injured. I found that interesting as I had never heard that before.
>
> Anyone know if that is standard Operating procedure?  Sounds like a great
> idea.  The Ref that was injured, stayed in the game and I am sure he has a
> whale of a headache today.
>
> Scary!
>
> Carol
> GO Gophers!!!
>


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John Edwards
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