timelydewd
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- Jan 7, 2018
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Hey guys, unfortunately I've not been able to catch any of the Leafs/Bruins series on TV/internet, but I have been able to catch it on the radio (Leafs broadcast). The color commentator, Jim Ralph, has been a little incensed at a couple "missed" icing calls that have happened in the series. I'm here asking if his evaluation of the play(s) is correct.
At least twice, he has said that the linesmen have botched icing calls where a Leaf player was prevented from playing the puck by a Bruin (i.e., tipping it into the zone) on long stretch pass attempts by the Leafs. He said, each time, that these icings are usually waved off. Ignoring the fact that there may be potential interference here, is he right? I see nothing in the icing rule where icing should be waved off if a player on the offending team is prevented from tipping in/playing the puck, etc., by a member of the opposition; it only stipulates that a player on the non-offending side must have a chance to play the puck. Now, I can see this play being interpreted as just that - the player, rather than going for the puck, or attempting to play it, lifts the stick, or otherwise gets in the way of a player on the team "icing" the puck from playing it, not giving himself a chance to play it. However, it doesn't say anything in the actual rule about making an attempt to play the puck - rather, it says it's determined by whether or not he could have made a play on it.
I hope this was clear enough. Made more sense in my head. Anyone know if this is an "unwritten" part of the rule?
At least twice, he has said that the linesmen have botched icing calls where a Leaf player was prevented from playing the puck by a Bruin (i.e., tipping it into the zone) on long stretch pass attempts by the Leafs. He said, each time, that these icings are usually waved off. Ignoring the fact that there may be potential interference here, is he right? I see nothing in the icing rule where icing should be waved off if a player on the offending team is prevented from tipping in/playing the puck, etc., by a member of the opposition; it only stipulates that a player on the non-offending side must have a chance to play the puck. Now, I can see this play being interpreted as just that - the player, rather than going for the puck, or attempting to play it, lifts the stick, or otherwise gets in the way of a player on the team "icing" the puck from playing it, not giving himself a chance to play it. However, it doesn't say anything in the actual rule about making an attempt to play the puck - rather, it says it's determined by whether or not he could have made a play on it.
I hope this was clear enough. Made more sense in my head. Anyone know if this is an "unwritten" part of the rule?
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