Officiating up to your expectations in NCAA tournament?

[MinnesotaNorthStar]

Re: Officiating up to your expectations in NCAA tournament?

no, you nailed it.
delayed penalties are whistled down once the offending team gains posession, not once they touch the puck
if the rules writers wanted to say that when the net is dislodged by the team not in posession, then the whistle will be blown once posession is gained, then they would not have written "an offensive opportunity"
I do not think maine had an offensive opportunity below their own face off circle

last, if you have adobe you can do a search on the .pdf version for "offensive opportunity"

If the net becomes dislodged by a tUMD player and Maine immediately grabs possession and immediately transitions down the ice it's an offensive opportunity. Think of it this way, Maine scored, didn't they? I'd call that an offensive opportunity.

It happens all the time during the season without getting whistled dead.

 

[WeAreNDHockey]

Re: Officiating up to your expectations in NCAA tournament?

last, if you have adobe you can do a search on the .pdf version for "offensive opportunity"

I did check that out and what do you know, the term "offensive opportunity" is literally there just one time from what I can see, in the note to rule 6 section 10 subsection C. The term "scoring chance" appears twice, once in the same note, and once in the future considerations section where playing overtimes with fewer skaters is considered as something to consider since other hockey leagues do it.

 

[bueller]

Re: Officiating up to your expectations in NCAA tournament?

Seems like you can have plenty of offensive opportunity coming out of your defensive zone:

 

[Amsoil]

Re: Officiating up to your expectations in NCAA tournament?

If the net becomes dislodged by a tUMD player and Maine immediately grabs possession and immediately transitions down the ice it's an offensive opportunity. Think of it this way, Maine scored, didn't they? I'd call that an offensive opportunity.

It happens all the time during the season without getting whistled dead.

While I agree they made the right call they were not consistent with an earlier whistle for a somewhat similar situation. In the first minute of the second period and Maine on a powerplay a Maine player skating behind the net dislodged the UMD net while Wade Bergman had puck possession for UMD and was starting to skate the puck out of the zone. He had no one near him and was clearly skating with the puck rather than shooting it out of the zone. In that instance they blew the whistle. Either they blew that call or it was not interpreted as an offensive opportunity. I believe they blew the call as the mere fact they were killing a penalty does not preclude a team from having an offensive opportunity in spite of the fact he was skating in the UMD zone but clearly skating the puck forward. Please comment on this situation. I believe that it could have had an impact on the players stopping on the play later in the period.