Offside, Two Line Passes and Icing
are the most common infractions you will see during a game. Here is a
brief description along with a picture which shows what happens on the rink
during these infractions.
Offside
A team is offside when any member of the attacking team
precedes (B) the puck
carrier (A) over the
defending team's blue line. The position of the
player's skates and
not that of his stick
is the determining factor. If both skates
are over the blue line before the puck,
the player is offside.
If he only has one skate over the
blue line and one on the
blue line,
he is onside.
In the diagram notice how player B
crosses the blue line before player A
who has the puck does. The team with the offside player must touch the
puck for the whistle to be blown. If the offside player comes back out of
the zone before the puck, the play will be called off.
Two Line Pass
When a player (A)
passes the puck from his defending zone to a teammate (B)
beyond the center red
line therefore crossing both the blue and center
red lines, it is a two
line pass. The position of the puck and not the player's skates is the
determining factor. In the diagram notice how player (B)
gets the pass after he has crossed the red
line, and player (A)
made the pass to player (B)
before he has crossed his blue line.
Icing
Icing is not permitted when teams are at even strength.
Icing occurs when a player on his team's side of the
red (center)
line shoots the puck all the way down the rink, it crosses the
red
goal line at any point
other than the goal itself. Play is then stopped and the puck is returned
to the other end of the rink for a face-off. Icing is not called if the
goalie plays the puck by leaving his net. In the diagram notice how player
(A) shoots the puck
from behind the red
(center) line
down the rink and behind the redgoal line.
****In our league icing is only called in the last
2 minutes (in the
Junior division) and
last 3 minutes (in the
Squirts, Peewees and Bantams division)
if there is two
goal or less differential.****
A team is offside when any member of the attacking team
precedes (B) the puck
carrier (A) over the
defending team's blue line. The position of the
player's skates and
not that of his stick
is the determining factor. If both skates
are over the blue line before the puck,
the player is offside.
If he only has one skate over the
blue line and one on the
blue line,
he is onside.
In the diagram notice how player B
crosses the blue line before player A
who has the puck does. The team with the offside player must touch the
puck for the whistle to be blown. If the offside player comes back out of
the zone before the puck, the play will be called off.
When a player (A)
passes the puck from his defending zone to a teammate (B)
beyond the center red
line therefore crossing both the blue and center
red lines, it is a two
line pass. The position of the puck and not the player's skates is the
determining factor. In the diagram notice how player (B)
gets the pass after he has crossed the red
line, and player (A)
made the pass to player (B)
before he has crossed his blue line.
Icing is not permitted when teams are at even strength.
Icing occurs when a player on his team's side of the
red (center)
line shoots the puck all the way down the rink, it crosses the
red
goal line at any point
other than the goal itself. Play is then stopped and the puck is returned
to the other end of the rink for a face-off. Icing is not called if the
goalie plays the puck by leaving his net. In the diagram notice how player
(A) shoots the puck
from behind the red
(center) line
down the rink and behind the red
goal line.