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The virtual courses are posted.
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Thre Three-Official observation games are posted.
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The first Two-Official observation game is posted while the second will be posted later in December.
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Skill Question of the Week from How To Referee Hockey: The Quiz Book
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Training Video of the Month
Impact Penalty Video of the Month
Learning From Each Other...
-Situation-Error-Question-
A mentor was asked, should the referee in the Three-Official System eject centres from the face-off that is being conducted by a liner?
-What we Learned-
The referee technically can eject a centre from the face-off. However, referees are encouraged to allow the liners to make judgments about encroachment. There are three reasons. First, referees have a long list of other situations they need to deal with during a game. Focus on those other duties. Second, face-offs (except those run by the referee at centre ice) are the domain of the liners and they are the experts in those situations. Third, the risk for inconsistency increases when a third person makes judgements about rule interpretation.
Leave encroachment to the two liners. The exception occurs at centre ice where the referee is managing a centre ice face-off and is responsible for encroachment.
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