>On Friday night against RPI (aka Rensselaer), at 19:54 of the third >period, with the faceoff to the left of the Princeton goalie >Konte, Princeton's Syl Apps was thrown out of the faceoff circle. The >Princeton players looked to the bench to see who should take the faceoff >instead of Apps. Head Coach Cahoon took a timeout. After the timeout, >Apps returned for the faceoff and took it. > >Q: Was Apps allowed to take the faceoff or did the officials miss something? > Rule 6-12d: If a player facing off fails to take the proper position immediately when directed by the official, the official may order the individual replaced for the face-off by any teammate(s) then on the ice. No substitution of players shall be permitted until th e face-off has been completed and play has been resumed, except when a penalty is imposed that will affect the on-ice strength of either team. Interpretation: It is surprising that you noticed this since I was there and I did not. I would have been impressed if the officials had picked this up. >On Saturday versus Union, at 3:21 of the second period, one of the referees >was injured and left the ice. He would return later but during the time >he was off the ice, do the officials turn to a one referee & one linesman >system or does the two referee system remain intact by the linesman being >endowed with the ability to call penalties? Rule 5-2d and d(1) Should one of the appointed officials, referee or linesmen, be unable to officiate through sickness or accident or be unable to finish the game: (1) In each of the three-man officiating systems, the remaining officials will officiate the game using either a two referee or one-referee, one-linesman system. Dave Aiello Chatham Township Data Corporation 31 Birchwood Road Denville, NJ 07834-1224 USA (201) 586-0700 (201) 586-1837 FAX http://www.ctdata.com/ctdata/ Happy holidays from everyone at CTDATA! HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.