Transcript Calling Icing Infractions Presentation Designed by IHOA and Mark Verplaetse Calling Icing • Criteria for calling icing – Puck shot from behind center red.

Calling Icing Infractions
Presentation Designed by
IHOA and Mark Verplaetse
Calling Icing
• Criteria for calling icing
– Puck shot from behind center red line
• Center red line part of zone from where the puck comes
– Crosses opposing goal line
– Puck not touched beyond center red line
– No chance to be played by defending team
• Not including goaltender
Calling Icing
• Mechanics of making call
– Back official
• Initiates icing by signaling slow whistle
• Verbalize ‘ICE!’
• Skates to cover partner
– Front official
• Acknowledges signal and skates into attacking zone
• Blows whistle and raises arm when puck crosses goal line
• Initiates call only when back official doesn’t see
Calling Icing
• After blowing the whistle
– Back official
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Points to face-off location
Skates (watching players) to face-off spot
Three strides then turns backwards
Icing signal at top of circle
– Front official
• Retrieves puck, hands off and returns to position
– Referee (3 man system) uninvolved
• After whistle skates as deep as furthest attacking player
Icing Signals
Slow “delayed” whistle
Icing
Washout
Point to face-off
Release signal
Washing Out Icing Infractions
• Mechanics of washing out play
– Back official
• Initiates icing
• Cannot washout once play crosses center red line
• Follows to cover partner
– Front official
• Makes call
• Washes out with verbal “ NO “ and moves back into position
Basic Icing Judgment:
Situations
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Defending player able to play puck , but doesn’t
– WASHOUT
Puck crosses through goal crease
– STILL ICING
Puck deflected before crossing center red line
– ICING: if by shooting team
– NO ICING: if by defending team
Puck touched after crossing center red line
– WASHOUT : if touched by either team
The referee makes a mistake in calling icing
– (Rule change 2005) – the face off is at the nearest end zone
face off spot when the whistle was blown