Oh well, that will teach me to believe the Edmonton Journal :-) Arthur Berman [log in to unmask] On Sun, 15 Sep 1996, Mike Machnik wrote: > At 7:14 AM -0600 9/15/96, Arthur Berman wrote: > > John Short, in his column in the Edmonton Journal yesterday written > > *before* the game had a thought on why the US team has gotten so > > skilled. The Canadian Junior teams use NHL rules and therefore have the > > "tag up" off side rule which, in Short's opinion (and mine) prevents > > defencemen from learning good puckhandling skills. Short pointed out > > than an area that the US is arguably superior is in the puck handling > > skills of its defencemen. This is relevant to college hockey because it > > still has the traditional off side rule. I think this observation merits > > some thought and discussion. > > If you are referring to the delayed offside rule in which the offside is > waved off if all offensive players in the zone make skate contact with the > blue line (Rule 6-30(e)(2)), it has been this way in college hockey for > many years too. I do not recall when the change was made, but I think it > was around the same time that the NHL changed its rule. > > --- --- > Mike Machnik [log in to unmask] *HMM* 11/13/93 > ***** Unofficial Merrimack Hockey home page located at: ***** > ***** http://www.tiac.net/users/machnik/MChockey/MChockey.html ***** > >>> 14Sep96 11:16PM USA 5, Canada 2: It's A Great Day For US Hockey <<< > > HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to > [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List. > HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.