Rule for when the puck leaves offensive zone

[tinyzombies]

What is the exact language? The puck has to completely cross the blueline to be out? Or only partly cross? What is the exact language?

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[DearDiary]

https://media.nhl.com/site/asset/public/ext/2023-24/2023-24Rulebook.pdf

 

[tinyzombies]

https://media.nhl.com/site/asset/public/ext/2023-24/2023-24Rulebook.pdf

Not helpful. I don’t see it as part of any rule

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Completely, has to be white between puck and blueline for it t to be 'out'.

Idk the exact language in any rule but this is pretty cleary what it is and how it's always been called

 

[tinyzombies]

Completely, has to be white between puck and blueline for it t to be 'out'.

Yea but where’s the exact language

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Yea but where’s the exact language

See my edit, no clue if it's even described formally in any rule, but it's obvious that's what it is and how it's called.

 

[Toby91ca]

Why are you looking for exact words behind this? Isn’t it obvious? What is the underlying reason for the question?

 

[Mattb124]

Why are you looking for exact words behind this? Isn’t it obvious? What is the underlying reason for the question?

Not wanting to have to Google it for themselves.

 

[Toby91ca]

Not wanting to have to Google it for themselves.

My point was....I doubted there was much in actual language on this as it would be self-explanatory, but I guess there is something you can pull from Rule 83.1:

"A player is on-side when either of his skates are in contact with the blue line, or on his own side of the line, at the instant the puck completely crosses the leading edge of the blue line"

So, I'd use that inversely, puck is still considered in the zone until it completely crosses the leading edge of the blue line. Part of the puck crossing isn't "completely"...so whole puck needs to cross (see white ice).

I was curious in the question as I figured there must have been an event/reason the question came up.

 

[Siludin]

I don't know why people are making fun of OP. There is a bunch of nuance to this question, including the angle at which they look at the player's skate relative to the blue line (which as of 2021, is now top-down, rather than whether the skate is physically touching the paint)
So no, it's not obvious nor a dumb question if you actually care about hockey's finer details.

 

[JMCx4]

Kinda like what @Toby91ca said, the best explanation I've ever heard was:
• The puck has exited the offensive zone once it fully crosses the blue line into the neutral zone; and conversely
• The puck has entered the offensive zone once it fully crosses the blue line from the neutral zone.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

What is the exact language? The puck has to completely cross the blueline to be out? Or only partly cross? What is the exact language?

You know the NHL Rulebook is available in its entirety online and easy to find?


Anyway, here's the exact wording of the entire Rule 83 which covers Off-side.

Spoiler: Rule 83 Off-Side in its entirety.

 

[tinyzombies]

It's not explicit in the rule, just like interference isn't (the way they call it). I heard an NHL ref once say he calls interference after a stride and a half.