At 02:02 AM 12/9/96 -0500, "John R. Nash" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >Late in Saturday night's UW/UAA 5-5 tie, there was what appeared to be a >very questionable call against the Badgers that led to the game-tying goal. >The call was apparently made by the penalty timer (not the ref or asst. >refs), who claimed that Brad Englehart left the box early at the end of >serving a minor. As far as I know, someone at the scorer's table can't >demand that a penalty be called any more than a fan in the stands can, but >apparently he told an asst. ref to call the penalty, who did. The Badger >radio color guy (Bill Brophy) said that he was watching Englehart and the >clock and didn't see any early jump, which means to me that even if there >_was_ an infraction, it was a matter of under a second. > >So... rulebook people, can you confirm that only the ref or asst. ref can >call such a penalty (similar to the old 1-ref 2-linesmen system where even >the linesmen couldn't call penalties that they saw), and not someone at the >_scorer's table_? > Rule 6-28.c (Page 66 of the 1997 NCAA rule book) 6-28.c If a player leaves the penalty bench before the penalty is served fully, the penalty timekeeper shall note the time and notify a referee at the next stoppage in play. Scott [log in to unmask] HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.