Rule / Situation of the week Be the Referee!!! Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week! Welcome back! This week’s column will try to explain why sometimes a player receive a Game Misconduct penalty for losing his jersey during the course of a fight and why sometimes this same Game Misconduct penalty is not assessed. […]
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Jan
Jan
Rule / Situation of the week Welcome back! This week’s column will feature some situations where a player either lost or broke his hockey stick. Rule 10.3 (Broken Stick – Player) is very clear on how a player can get a replacement stick during the course of the play. Rule 10.3 (Broken Stick – […]
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Dec
Dec
Rule / Situation of the week Welcome back! This week’s column will go over some situations where a penalized player ends up going on the ice during the play, thinking that his penalty his expired, but finds out at the next whistle that he has to go back in the “sin bin” for illegal substitution! […]
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Dec
Dec
Rule / Situation of the week Welcome back! Everybody needs a little break at Christmas and our Rule/Situation of the week will be no different! The last NHL games before the Christmas break will be played this Wednesday (December 23rd). The games will resume on December 27th giving the players, coaches, team personnel and the officials […]
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Dec
Dec
NHLOA members meet Tim Horton Children’s Foundation campers On Thursday December 18th, officials Francois St.Laurent, Darcy Burchell, Scott Cherrey and Matt MacPherson had the immense pleasure to welcome Rebekah, Sean, Ali, Serena along with their teachers Karyne Sansoucy and Jules Beaulne Morin and Marie-Frédérike Scott from The Tim Horton Children’s Foundation to their dressing room […]
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Dec
Dec
Rule / Situation of the week Be the Referee!!! Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week! Welcome back! This week’s column will focus on a more aggressive aspect of the game than the previous weeks; third man in an altercation. As you may all be aware, no one is allowed to enter an altercation in […]
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Dec
Dec
ELMIRA NATIVE TEES UP HIS NHL OFFICIATING CAREER. Waterloo Region Record by Mark Bryson ELMIRA — Garrett Rank is just five weeks away from another milestone moment. The Elmira native and accomplished two-sport performer will make his National Hockey League regular-season debut on Jan. 15 when he referees a game between the Buffalo Sabres […]
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Dec
Dec
Rule / Situation of the week Be the Referee!!! Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week! Welcome back! This week’s column will be more on a rule clarification than on a judgement play! A few times a year, sometimes when a team is killing a penalty, there will be a second left on the penalty […]
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Dec
Dec
Rule / Situation of the week Be the Referee!!! Welcome to our Rule/Situation(s) of Week! Welcome back! In this week’s column, we will go over a situation that happens several times every year; two teams refusing to play the puck! Yep, that’s right, there is sometime situations where both teams avoids from playing the puck in […]
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Nov
Nov
Rule / Situation of the week Welcome back! Last week in Pittsburgh, when the New York Rangers were visiting, the fans and the viewers got to witness a wild finish! The Rangers thought they had won the game in the shootout and were back in their dressing room celebrating when the officials brought them back […]