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6.4 Offside6.4 OFF-SIDE
OFF-SIDE RULE
• Puck must precede attacking players across blue line.
• All deflections are off-side.
• All players must be clear of the zone to nullify delayed off-side.
• A goal cannot be scored on a delayed off-side shoot-in.
FOUR COMMON OFF-SIDE SCENARIOS
• Puck carried over the blue line with players’ off-side: Immediate off-side.
• Puck deliberately carried over the blue line with players obviously off-side: Intentional offside.
• Puck shot, passed or deflected into attacking zone with players’ off-side: Delayed off-side.
• Player deliberately plays the puck during a delayed off-side situation, knowing he/she is offside: Intentional off-side.
IMMEDIATE OFF-SIDE PROCEDURE
• Blow whistle immediately.
• Point to face-off location (point to offender if required to “sell” the call).
• No delayed signal
• Use voice to enhance signals.
DELAYED OFF-SIDE PROCEDURE
• Raise non-whistle arm.
• Verbal “Off-Side”.
• If all attackers clear zone: Arm down, Verbal “Okay”.
• If attacking player plays the puck: Blow whistle and point to face-off location.
INTENTIONAL OFF-SIDE
• Front official blows whistle and immediately points to offending team’s end-zone. Sells the call with “intentional off-side” or “all the way down” (or something similar). Proceeds to the face-off spot in the offending team’s end-zone.
• Back official retrieves the puck, then proceeds to the offending team’s end-zone and conducts the face-off.
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