This happened at least twice this year at Wisconsin home games -- on two Saturday nights in a row. Once a linesman, once a referee if I recall. In one case, after being attended by the trainer, the official completed the period, but did not return for the next period. The NCAA rule is: > 32.4 Unable to Continue- Should one of the appointed officials be > unable to officiate because of sickness or accident, the remaining > officials shall officiate the game. In the two-referee, two-linesman > system, if a referee is unable to continue, a one-referee, > two-linesman system is recommended. If a linesman is unable to > continue, the two-referee, one-linesman system is recommended. In the > two-referee, one-linesman system, conferences should establish a > policy dealing with this issue. > > A conference or supervisor of conference officials is allowed > discretion to determine which system to utilize if an official is > unable to continue due to injury or illness. > > If an on-ice official accidentally leaves the ice or receives an > injury that incapacitates the individual from discharging the duties > of the job while play is in progress, the game shall be stopped > immediately by a remaining on-ice official, unless one of the teams > has the puck in a scoring position, in which case the play shall be > allowed to be completed. If it is obvious that the injury sustained is > of a serious nature, play shall be stopped immediately. (note that the 3 official system -- 2 referees and 1 linesman is only for women's hockey) --david On 3/24/19 5:45 PM, John Edwards wrote: > 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] <mailto:[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!!! > > > > -- > John Edwards > "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against > incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell